DCLM Sincere Milk 8 August 2026 — Watch Over Your Heart
DCLM Sincere Milk 8 August 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Watch Over Your Heart
Topic: Watch Over Your Heart
Bible Reading: Proverbs 4:20-23 (KJV)
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
KEY VERSE: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” Proverbs 4:23
Message
The heart is an important organ of the body. It is like an engine room where life-giving blood is pumped to all parts of the body. When the heart is well taken care of and healthy, the body is well, but if the heart is unhealthy, the body will be sick.
Mr. Larry Biggie was warned severally by his family doctor to watch carefully over his heart’s health by avoiding bad lifestyle and unhealthy eating habits. Doing this will help him to keep his heart healthy and avoid heart attack. However, Mr. Larry refused to stop eating junk foods and smoking cigarettes. He kept a very bad and unhealthy lifestyle. One evening, he was just back from work when he suddenly grabbed his chest in pain and collapsed. He was admitted to a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit where he spent about six months. After he was discharged, he stopped all the bad habits. He had learnt his lesson in a hard way.
If it is so with the physical heart, it is much more important to keep our spiritual heart healthy. Everyone has the spiritual heart, of which the Bible warns that we should watch over and keep it with all diligence. Why? because out of it comes every thought, decision, desire and purpose of life, whether good or bad. You must therefore watch over your hearts. Never allow bad and filthy thoughts and actions. Surrender your heart to Jesus for thorough cleansing with His precious blood. Daily read and meditate on God’s word to keep your heart sound and healthy
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Dear Lord, I bring my heart to you today, please cleanse it and make me clean.
FURTHER READING
Luke 6:45
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
