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August 5, 2025 7 mins
🌟 The Simple Walk – 50 Days of Light

🔹 Day 32 – Guard Your Gates
(Spiritual Access Points)

It’s time we talk about spiritual boundaries.

📖 Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”



🕊️ Devotional Highlight:

Not every thought deserves entry.
Not every spirit deserves presence.
Not every emotion deserves a home in your heart.

You have gates—to your eyes, ears, thoughts, and spirit.
And what flows in… will eventually flow out.
So guard them.
Post heaven’s truth at every entrance.
Protect your peace. Defend your destiny.



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Ask yourself: What have I let in that God never sent?

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📅 We’re not done. Meet me back here tomorrow.
This is The Simple Walk – 50 Days of Light.
Day 32 – Guard Your Gates.

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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Welcome in love to the simple walk fifty days of Light.
Today is day thirty two. Guard your gates, and it's
time we talk about spiritual boundaries. Every single day, things

(00:43):
are trying to get in. They're trying to get into
your mind, into your spirit, and into your life. Some
of them dress up like friendships, some slip in through entertainment,
some crawl in through a fence. But all of them
are headed to one place, your heart. That's why Proverbs

(01:10):
four and twenty three warns us keep thy heart with
all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
This isn't about being paranoid. It's about being posted. Guard

(01:33):
your gates. You have gates and they are spiritual access points.
Let me say that again. You have gates and they
are spiritual access points. What you see, what you hear,

(01:57):
what you think, what you speak, and what you feel.
What you allow through those gates begins to shape your heart.
And whatever shapes your heart steers your life. The heart

(02:20):
is the command center. The heart is not just where
you feel emotions. Biblically, the heart is the command center
of your soul. When it's unguarded, you make cloudy decisions.
You entertain toxic relationships. You repeat old cycles. You speak

(02:47):
what shouldn't be said. You believe lies, You let in
bitterness disguised at keeping it real, And then your gates
are guarded. You can hear God clearly. You can love
without leaking. You can descern between what's sent by God

(03:12):
and what's sent to destroy you. What needs to be
posted at your gate. You need diligence, You need desernment.
You need the word of God, standing like an armed
God at every entrance to your life. Not everything deserves access,

(03:38):
Not every conversation deserves your response, Not every opportunity it's
from God. Not every person should be allowed into your
inner circle. Not every thought should pass through unchecked. Some

(04:00):
things need to be shut down at the gate. Woo garden.
Your gates is garden your destiny. The devil doesn't need
to stop your ministry. He just needs to plant one
unguarded lie in your heart. And he knows that lie

(04:21):
will sabotage your self worth, your calling, and your direction.
But today we stand guard my prayer. Lord, teach me
how to guard what you've given me. Set watchmen at
the gates of my life, expose every hidden entrance. The

(04:47):
enemy is using. I renounce every spirit that crept in
through distraction, through a fence, and through ignorance. I ask
you to pure fire the gates of my eyes, my ears,
my tongue, my mind, and my heart. Let nothing enter

(05:12):
that doesn't align with heaven. Let my life be a
place of peace, purpose and power because my gates are
protected in Jesus's name. Amen, before you go. If today's

(05:37):
word was a wake up call, don't let it pass
like it, share it, subscribe, and most of all, meditate
on it. We're not walking blindly anymore. We're watching what enters,
regarding what matters, because these fifty days of light are

(06:04):
exposing the dark places and setting a standard for holy living.
Meet me here tomorrow. Don't walk unguarded, walk with me.
This is the simple walk. Fifty days of Light, Day

(06:27):
thirty two. Guard your gates. God bless you today. Remember
I love you. Bye.
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