[Manna - January 27]
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23
IT is not sufficient that we acknowledge sin in its
various forms to be evil, and that we resolve that we
will strive against it because it is under the Lord's
ban.
In addition to this we are to root out of our
hearts every longing, every desire for everything not
thoroughly approved by the Lord.
Oh, what a cleansing
this would mean in the hearts and lives, and especially
in the thoughts, of many who have named
the name of Christ!
Many who fail to note this point
find themselves continually beset by temptations, because,
while outwardly avoiding gross immoralities,
they secretly harbor sympathies for things condemned—desiring that they might have them, if only they
were not forbidden. Z.'99-140 R2480:5