Things Aren't What They Appear (It's Deep) | 3 Signs You Need to Guard your Heart | Melody Alisa
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Hey, hey! If you've been feeling discouraged, defeated, or overwhelmed then first off, sis, you aren't alone. And secondly, today's video is for you. We are going to be talking all about guarding our hearts and ultimately, guarding our worship. What we worship inevitably has our heart and there is an enemy out here that wants nothing more than for something else or someone else that isn't God to sit on the throne of our heart & get our worship. I pray these 3 signs are able to give you some insight into what you may have been experiencing lately. If you want a follow-up video to this where I talk about HOW to guard your heart, let me know in the comments. LOVE YOU, SIS. rooting for you always. 💗
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Hi! My name is Melody Alisa - welcome to my channel. I lived in South Korea for two years where I met God and I documented my life as an English teacher (check out my Life in Korea playlist for more on this!) Now, I call Atlanta home. On my TH-cam channel, I share my Christian faith and life as a creative, a newlywed, and a new mom through weekly new videos!
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Hey sis! Today’s question is: what does it look like for YOU to guard your heart? Sometimes the concept seems so abstract so hearing what it looks like for you, in your season of life and your faith walk will encourage us ALL 💗
PS: If you want a follow up video going into details on how to guard your heart, let me know in the comments!
Yes please to follow up video!
Guarding my heart in this season looks like putting a break on certain expectations that people have over me. Being an Indian woman, there is a lot of rubbish that one is required to just accept but I think drawing those lines and ensuring everyone around me knows that I'm drawing the line in the sand helps guard my heart- to be honest, in this season and the next and the ones after that! LOL
Hey sisy melody do u. Really reply our comments I want to be sure
I think guarding my heart now: it’s to be watchful over my thoughts. Because they are all overrrrr 🥺
In this season, I believe guarding my heart looks like spending less time on social media and using my free time to read the word, isolation from some people and getting more involved in Christian activities like prayer group.
Guarding my heart looks like me speaking to god before I speak negatively over my life, when something unfavorable happens I can get in my own way. We all can slip up but it’s important that I catch myself as soon as I can and talk to god.
ooh Shana, this is such a good one! There's so much power in the tongue and how we speak about our lives. i just know this is making a huge difference
I need to work on stop speaking negatively
exactly, when you speak negatively that gives the Enemy room to come in and make it worse, that's why you ALWAYS give God your worries because He's much more powerful than the Enemy 🤍
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Thank you for sharing this!!
I just get the sense that guarding my heart in this season of my life means to be very private and particular with what I share about my personal life - even with very close friends.
I just get the sense that the things I am going through, things that I'm planning - need to be evaluated quietly, by me and God alone.
This discernment is beautiful! Your obedience to guarding your heart like this and knowing it’s for this particular is amazing sis. I loooove it. Thank you for sharing!
So good! It's been a similar journey for me this year
I feel the exact same way! ❤
I feel this, omg!
I FEEL you on this
Hello everyone. Definitely since I've been saved as of May this year, I have been under a transformation. I uses to watch alot of reality tv, horror movies, things with too much profane language, and sexual content. So there are many things I had to give up as far as what I let into my spirit. Since, I've removed those things, I feel I'm closer to God. I spend more time reading my bible, praying, exercising/taking care of my temple, and watching faith based content. I feel I have more peace and joy. I used to struggle with fear and anxiety also.
Hey Cierrah! Ahh what a beautiful transformation God has been bringing you through! It’s going to be amazing to see you a year from now 🥲🤍🙌🏾
Stopped watching crime documentaries , hollywood in general . Now i watch bible animation and sermons only and i am happy . No more fear , Glory to God
In this current season that I'm in, guarding my heart means to literally walk and live by faith and not by sight! Focusing on God and what He says rather than the madness going on around me. Not pretending everything is peachy, but refusing to let those things steal my joy and my peace while I wait in expectation for what is promised to me! 💖
Wow I just reviewed this scripture this morning and heard Daniel 3 about trusting in God’s timing. Wow, I’m so sick of the enemy man. Like just leave me alone 🙄 lol
AMEN!! He shall flee from YOU sis!! Ask Jesus to take over your entire body (the temple of God) so that then then enemy comes knocking at the door, Jesus would be there to answer and make the devil into a little mouse! 😂
Right! He be trying it but luckily we’ve already overcome it all through Christ 🙌🏾🙌🏾
@@MelodyAlisa AMEN sis!
@@krupaabrokwaa Amen!
@@MelodyAlisa Amen!
Guarding my heart in this season, for me, means staying off of social media, not listening to the music I usually do, and also being cautious of falling back into the arms of people I have left in my past. I often find myself missing them although I know they’re no good for me 😭 it’s hard moving on from what’s familiar and comfortable
I understand this completely. There was a point in time where I lost all of of my friends because none of them were good for me God moved them out of my life. It has been hard and in the beginning was lonely but maybe God is isolating you so you can draw near to Him I still don't have friends cuz I would rather have no friends than worldly friends who are no good for me. It's more than likely a blessing in disguise because everything God does for us is for our good and His glory
@@trichelleivory2874 I'm praying that your area of friendships and relationships will be restored fully into God's original design! I believe that being alone can be a good tool to draw us closer to God. But in long-term he has created us for fellowship and relationship. This is who he is! ❤️
@@Loved722 thank youuu❤️❤️
@@trichelleivory2874 💖🤗
Guarding my heart means to not allow people’s bad feelings towards me to affect how I feel. I used to have a bad habit of letting people get under my skin all because I wanted to liked by them but no matter what I did they didn’t care for me. Now that I’m an adult if someone doesn’t like me that’s on them. As along as I like me and God likes me that’s all that matters.
The season of faith that I am in what I am doing to guard my heart is to distant myself from friends socially , limiting social media and using that time to stay focused on Christ . Praying and staying consistent with drawing him nearer and the forefront of my life.
Loneliness can also be a sign to guard our hearts. We have to remind ourselves to not look for satisfaction from worldly things/people and that God is ALWAYS with us 💗
Prayer, forgiveness and letting go of past hurts and failures
God is speaking through u. I needed to hear this. I was contemplating quitting today bc I'm a middle school teacher and the kids have been insufferable. You have reminded me this is spiritual. I will talk to God to figure out my next steps. Bless you.
Praying for your situation. May God put everything in place!
Thank you so much for this video, Melody! The past few days have been a real struggle for me.
The devil has been such a pick-me in my life lately, and I'm so over it.😂Recently, guarding my heart has meant eliminating distractions that keep me from acknowledging God's sovereignty. I'm not much of a social media person, but even the few apps I'm on (like Pinterest) can make me insecure and drift from God's presence. I have also been putting in the work that requires me to fight off the devil's discouragement. I've incorporated some new routines into my lifestyle, such as seeing a therapist, viewing more godly content on different platforms (from people I feel I can identify with), improving my work ethic, and learning to trust God's timing and His plan.
Guarding my heart looks like isolating myself & only listening to gospel worship music and being in constant prayer asking for forgiveness and guidance
To me guarding my heart looks like allowing GOD to isolate me and show me ppl I thought were for me and they actually are not …. I would share certain dreams with those ppl and wander why they were being sabotaged and GOD revealed to me certain ppl that were in my circle were praying for my failure and not my prosperity 🥰 also staying off of social media for a while because I was getting sucked into comparison overload and wasn’t seeing any goodness in my own life…. I wasn’t living! But now I’m happy with allowing GOD to guard my heart ❤
Btw: I was just talking to GOD about this while I was washing dishes 4 hrs ago and then I get on YT and boom you’re here (I watch all your videos lol) so this was definitely for me and confirmation! Thank you for letting GOD speak through you ❤
Guarding my heart looks like being mindful of what TV shows I watch, the podcasts I listen to, the books I read etc. It's also making sure I'm prioritizing time with God and reading my bible.
Protecting what I take part in. Being mindful of who I share information with & trust is what it looks like to guard my heart. Thank you for this Word!
For me guarding my heart has been me waking up devoting time to God. By this I mean when I wake up I try and read my Bible, read devotionals, pray and write down at least 10 things I am thankful for. I also try and remember God’s word and promises before I get down/stress about something and that really has been helping me pinpoint the temptations/doubts the devil has been trying to cloud my mind with.
soooooo on time 🥹😭🙌🏾
To me, guarding my heart means trusting that God's no is for my good. I should not feel the need to manipulate reality
Ooh that is so good! I love the idea of not manipulating reality 🤍🤍
For me guarding my heart in this season of my life is to be more present and enjoy real life, be more social and put attention to people and circumstances around me, I've been too much in social media for enough time now and I'm starting to feel lost in some way, meaning, I'm not enjoying life too much, I watch too much TH-cam "enjoying" watching other people's life instead of mine, so I will start doing that and passing more time alone with God♡ Thank you so much for this video Melody!! Blessings🥰✨
Guarding is checking in with God first. Coming to god for all things glory and pain.
Guarding my heart by memorizing scripture. I memorize a new verse each day. I find that Satan will try to occupy the mind with lies that will cause my heart to question or doubt the truth of God’s word. The more of God’s word that I know by memory, the less of my mind is available to the evil one. Praise God. I love your videos!
Guarding my heart this season means that I should be mindful of whom I am really “worshipping”. I just learnt that Who/what I worship is determined by who/what dominates my thoughts, who/what fills my hearts.
Thank you so much,Melody.
Guarding my heart from lies! Making sure that I don’t believe any lies!
Guarding my heart with the past thoughts of people who no longer serve me. Every time I have a split second of sinful thoughts, I instantly worship! Also, guarding my heart of temptation ❤ thank you for the Bible Verses !
Spending intentional time in His word. ❤ that’s how I am guarding my heart in this season.
I sometimes feel scared but then again,I vowed to never give up God knows I've tried and won't stop I'll make it and we all will. ❤️🙏✝️
Thank you so much for this video. It came right on time and I got a little bit of better understanding with where I’m at in life currently. Guarding my heart to me is staying in my word (reading and studying scripture). Then on the days where I don’t feel like reading or feeling like I’m not in a good space I immediately start praying/talking to GOD. By immediately being honest with him that I don’t feel like reading today and this is how I feel XYZ…From there I allow the Holy Spirt to guide me whether that means listening to worship music journaling or just sitting on the couch in silence and relaxing. I deafly had a situation last night where I feel like I failed at temptation and had a little shame but I have realize there’s nothing to be shameful about. God knows my heart and my intentions and he has forgiven me of my sins so I shouldn’t allow my sins or the things that I fall for hang over my head.
This hit❤ I notice when I’m not consistent in the word. The enemy tries it. So I got to be consistent! Thanks for the reminder!
@@chanelnorphlet4354 yesssss that’s because WE already have the VICTORY!! Satan knows our past and he knows what to do to set us off!!! Mr.Lucy is our BIGGEST hater and we have to put on our FULL ARMOR OF GOD AT ALL TIMES!!
The season of faith im in is that i have been neglecting my mental and physical health from the amount of work that i am doing each week. So God brought me into this wilderness where i discovered that i should build a path with the purpose He has for me. As i grow closer to seek His kingdom, He unveiled truths so that i will guard my heart, and thats when i felt the significance of God but not the devil.
Guarding my heart in this season looks like keeping the faith and not letting temptation get me down and continuing to trust and worship God and continue on keeping the faith!!
Deleted all my social media in prayer this morning. I actually by God’s supernatural Grace already feel better! I don’t feel the need to fill expectations of others and no comparison. I’m free 💕
Guarding my heart looks like making my time with God a priority over everything else and also setting boundaries on what I consume from social media and other outlets.
Guarding my heart in this season of my life means taking God at His and totally surrendering to God's leadings. Sis, this is not easy because the devil is not resting. Here and there I hear the lies and see the baits of not believing. It's a privilege to have the Holy spirit intercede on our behalf when we are too weak to pray. Thank you so much for today's video 🤍 Kisses to Zuri
It truly is a privilege that the Lord prays over us- goodness me so true! Kisses to Zoë! *
But thanks- we'll take some kisses for Zuri too! 😂🤍
@@krupaabrokwaa and to think I checked your channel out too!
Oh I guess I meant zoë!😂😂😂 you have a great sense of humour
@@roselinededua Haha- I don't blame you sis. Zuri is ALWAYS mistaken for Zoe (I think it does actually sound really similar) 😂.
Thanks sis- glad you find me funny. I will show this comment to my husband now just in case he has forgotten!
@@krupaabrokwaa and your Zuri came to my mind! I must have mistaken you for our Melody 😂😂 just connected on Instagram
Guarding my heart looks like restricting myself from watching and listening to my favourite series/movies/music (all which are not secular) to be able to hear God more clearly and to get closer to Him personally. Remember it doesn’t only take a secular environment to distract you (ESPECIALLY WHEN GOD IS CALLING YOU TO A GREATER LEVEL OF FAITH).
Please stay vigilant, i will be praying for you all, and please pray for me also 🙏🏾
In this season guarding my heart looks like avoiding all things and people that may lead me to sin. Honestly God has given m e much comfort through you with your posts the last month. Everything has been sooooo like crazily applicable and I feel He has been speaking to me through you. God bless x
Thank you Melody for this video, it comes at a time when I needed to hear this, sometimes we are thrown so of guard by the disappointments from life that we start to question God and his divine purpose for our lives... May the good Lord bless you..
Boundaries with people and with media!!! I can literally feel the difference when those boundaries are not being kept.
For me guarding my heart feels like knowing and being who God says I am and by starting to notice the attacks of the enemy ❤
Whew…..#2….I felt that because that is my current status that I’ve been experiencing heavy and having a hard time finding my way back. Taking it day by day but Sis it is hard sometimes. Y’all keep me in prayer
oh sis, yeah I totally get it. the temptation is REAL but like you said, one day at a time! You got this (through the power of the Holy Spirit)!!
Wow just watching this and it’s just hitting me that a struggle I have been going through in letting a friend go to protect my peace vs trying to save that person is causing a distraction in my growing relationship with God. I’m so worried about hurting the other person with my lack of presence and support that it’s taking away from the focus and energy I need to be putting in continuing to facilitate a better relationship with God and a better relationship with myself. I need to guard my heart and not let anyone or anything consume my heart and thoughts the way it has been with this situation over the last 2mo. Thank you for this💕
Wow - great word. God is using this video to remind me to guard my heart. Only two days ago, I prayed to God to empty me out and fill me with the Holy Spirit so that I can do His will. Then yesterday, as I was procrastinating, I decided to start watching tv shows and listening to music which didn't necessarily contain content of sinful nature, but they were definitely not going to feed me spiritually in a godly way. Then last night I had a dream that I had fallen back to my old nature where I was doing life my own way, and I woke up feeling both alarmed and convicted. I knew God was telling me that if I really wanted to get serious about Him in this new stage of my spiritual journey, then there were some worldy desires and temptations that I had to lay down in order to guard my heart and step into His presence and truly make Him number 1 in my life.
Staying focused on God and staying hopeful. Not letting the enemy tear down your faith. Avoiding hopelessness and non- kingdom connections.
Guarding my heart means to me to stay focused and not lose sight of what God has for me. Not to let my feelings overpower my heart and my mind because God is always here through all my struggles🙌🏽🙏🏽🥹
For me guarding my heart looks like being mindful of what I listen to and who I listen to. Music, podcasts, and TH-cam content (what I watch) is changing. And boundaries are being set on others as well as myself. Like Social media, I used to compare myself to other friends and family on my timeline. The news would have me a little anxious too. Whew it was crazy! But God is working on me and helping me unlearn a lot of things and growing in faith. I still have a WAY to go but Jesus got it.❤
I’m guarding my heart by letting go of idolatry and choosing God over everything else in my life also believing and trusting that God is who He says He I and will never leave forsake me or change and that He is a sure rock for me to stand on
Guarding my heart means having more faith in god than man, I am not perfect and I can't expect perfect love from anyone but god.... he loves us so much that he gives discipline just as well as love
Awesome Awesome Awesome teaching!!!
One thing that I do to guard my heart is to first have that one-on-one time with the Lord (specifically in the mornings). I find that doing that helps me to be more intentional about my actions, thoughts and deeds. This also allows me to be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit, when He’s speaking.
I’ve been working. On myself which means working on my faith. I stay private w my goals/ life in general, pray and added exercise, yoga and meditation to my daily life. Also using less SM. It’s been a struggle but I believe I’ll be blessed soon
Hey for me at this moment I believe that guarding my heart is checking in w/ myself & being disciplined to the things that me & God talked about. I loved how you said allowing time to just be silent throughout the day because I tend to fill the silence w/ more knowledge from podcast, TH-cam videos or worship music but I will try just being still & inviting God’s presence in.
Definitely setting boundaries, spending more time with God and letting His perfect love cast out fear!
Taking time to rest (e.g. by not doing any schoolwork AT ALL on Sundays) and remembering that only God's love satisfies. Also, that line about worshipping the Giver and not the gifts is wonderful 😊 I'll be using that now!
Guarding your heart, for me, means keeping my eyes on Jesus.
I was in prayer and I heard diligently seek me. I’ve been hooked on watching TH-cam vlogs and I feel like God is telling me I’m giving those vlogs more attention then Him. We get so caught up in what we watch! He sent me to 1chronicals 16:11 “Seek the LORD and his strength, Seek his face continually.”
1 Chronicles 16:11
I feel like God is telling me He will give me the strength to detach myself from this/any addiction. That’s why I’m our weakness He is strong. And last night he revealed even more to me when he said a lot of us don’t fully charge. Like we can put our phones on the charger and wait until the light turns green then take it off before it’s fully charged. God wants us to always be connected to him no matter what we are doing. He is the source and when we disconnect we are being drain. It’s not that the vlogs are bad I just consumed to much of the vlogs which was causing a disconnect from God. Hopefully this made sense! Thank you for this video May God bless you continually!!!
This channel is such a blessing. Always look forward to your videos 😊💕
Aw thank you for being here!!
making sure that before i spend time doing anything else that I spend time with God, that way after I spend time with Him, ik if God is allowing me to do something else or not do something else! helps me stay focused on God’s Will and not mine :)
I love allll of this!! Thank you for sharing sis!!
@@MelodyAlisa anytime :)
Melody this video changed something in me. This was for me. I have been struggling more then I’d like to admit but this was conviction for me. This made me pause half way and pour my heart out to the Lord. I’m thankful to Jesus for you. Thank you. Truly thank you!
Hey! God's been calling me to limit the amount of time I spend on social media (instagram & tiktok specifically) and be mindful of what I watch on Netflix & TH-cam! It's been tough breaking these habits that have so long been engraved in my day-to-day life but engraved writing isn't permanent, it can be sanded down to make a clean slate so that's what guarding my heart looks like right now. I feel God changing me for the better as I'm about to enter into a new season
This is me right now 🤦🏽♀️... Guarding my heart is me watching my thoughts cos they are all over,thank you melody ❤️
Guarding my heart in this season , looks like cutting out anything that doesn’t honor God. Similar to a lot of the things you spoke of , cutting really watching anything that encourages and glorifies sin . Really being intentional about how I spend my days. I have seen a shift.
love all of these!
I think guarding my heart in this time/season means to find peace through Christ, learning how to take the risk and let go of things that don't serve him. He has better things planned in the future and I have to trust that. Amen
I'm in the season of Faith. I struggle in this area and I feel he has been testing me so I can grow in this area. I've had to separate myself and really fast and pray for God to strengthen and guide me.
Hallelujah!! Guarding my heart means praying about everything I consider watching or listening to; also who I interact or begin a relationship with. Amen!
PS - looking forward to some “day of’s” with your baby girl. 🥰
This resonated with me on soooo many levels. Especially when you spoke about the enemy wants to use things that you have already overcame. I Iiterally witness this tonight and its bc i started giving into watching short clips on instagram of shows and ppl i stop watching and following literally years ago. This small gestured akwaken a sin in me i gave up years ago.
It literally shows me, not only must we guard our hearts but we must die daily. I think thats a word i will give on my youtube channel.
This was so good. I have uninstalled my instagram. Its time now. I gave up tv yearssss ago, i gave up listening to the radio yearsss and i gave up facebook 2 years ago and now Its time for IG. God has been telling me to do this for a while now. I wanted to be ig famous until i realize for what? Bc it seem like everyone else is? Its like the bible saids what is a man, if he gains the whole world but loose his soul. I dont want that to be me. God gave me clear instructions to focus on youtube and i must be obedient. This is the last confirmation i needed. Instagram is gone lol. It was taking up too much of my time doing nothing anyway. I was worshipping it and didn't even realize it. It had all my attention. God cannot be last he must be 1st. I hope my testimony helps whoever maybe reading this. Great channel. Im happy God allowed me to find you tonight. 🤎
loved this as always, God bless.
in my current season, guarding my heart looks like softening my heart likened to Christ so my behaviours, thoughts and emotions fall in line with Him.
God bless you thank you for this! Guarding my heart this season looks like prioritizing God before I start my day not matter what and even getting into the habit in the middle of day because I find when I stay too long doing the things of this world such as work my behavior and actions do not align to Gods word and I feel myself feeling tempted. ❤
Protecting it from who speaks into my life who I listen to set boundaries with friends and loved ones
What if we are struggling because we don’t want to guard our hearts? It’s tiring… to put God first all the time when you know it can come with suffering. God requires too much. It’s a battle. That I don’t want.
Hey sis, be encouraged 🤍🤍 the journey definitely won’t always be easy but there’s no other path where we are guaranteed victory over it alllll through Christ. And the temporary satisfaction of doing things our own way won’t last. I will be praying for your strength and for God’s grace and perspective on your current season!! 🤍🤍
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 That is the devil telling you lies sis. Sometimes it seems hard, but it really isn't. We make all this time for worldly things and our daily lives. Why cant we set aside time for God? Some days I wake up tired and feel like I don't want to pray or read my bible in the morning, but I made a commitment to God and myself to do so and I just ask him to give me strength and energy. I will keep you in my prayers. Do not give the enemy room to creep in. God bless you.
For me to guard my heart is to worship God, even if I'm tempted to do bad
Hi! I love this video (its right on time)! For me, guarding my heart is taking the time to process and reflect. As well as, discerning when not to speak or react. Yesterday, I slipped up because I reacted to a trigger and ended up oversharing about my past to someone. It led me to unwanted feelings!
This is a good one! Something I am working on too
Taking time away from social media has helped me
Guarding my heart in this season of confusion and everything happening at once, I say Fasting, prayer and the word.
To guard my heart and mind I had to stop watching TV show and movies, things that were making me angry, had me judging and fussing at people on TV and some were even fiction. I am trying to stop worrying( #1 was definitely me)by reading bible and books. And remember He's seen me through worse. It'll come with wholeness
your video is really timely. I was so far away from God since I had been working all day. I had no time for praying or worshiping Him until the day He cured me . and now, it s all coming back again. all of my works seem very important and can t wait. in addition to that i m so stressed out. and it all disappear when I take time to go to church. About the tv, like you, I don t watch netflix anymore as it influence my way of thinking, and awake the hate I had and was washed by God. I also try to stop songs that aren t worship. and to answer your question I tried to guard my heart by going at church every morning, reading bible when I wake up and before going to bed, and when I have time .
I can certifie that it really helps to fight against negative way of thinking sent by the devil. the more you read bible as much as possible, the less you ll be tempted
and it really increase your love to God since it show us how much He try to help us to live with Him forever.
sorry, it s a bit long
thank you so much for your video
the more you read bible as much as possible, the less you ll be tempted
I take a break from my phone social, and answering calls from People I know I can have conversations with to make sure I’m listening only to God and have a fasting of peace and solitude.
Hey sis! Guarding my heart this season has meant limiting social media/taking more frequent breaks from it. I feel I get sucked in so quickly that it takes over my everyday so definitely isolating myself from that space and being more intentional about my time with God. Also, not just limiting God to my morning devotions but every part of my day :)
Guarding my heart to me in this point in my life looks like me trying to keep my cool and making the right decisions when everything in me doesn’t want to during opposition, for example. I know that if I were to react the way my flesh wants, it’ll feel good for the moment, then when it’s said and done, my peace is actually gone and that moment is playing in my mind and overcoming my heart. Why did I do that? Why did I say that? That voice is now the louder voice than God’s peace and my sound mind.
First I just want to say that your content has been on point lately!!! Thankful for it. Next, guarding my heart today looks a bit like way less social media! But honestly I have been slacking a bit with guarding my heart. I think to guard my heart better is less distractions and idle talk. This fight is real out here this helped me evaluate so much.
for this season i am only listening to gospel music and watching less tv. thank you for the videos 🥰
To God be the Glory in Jesus Holy Name, Amen 🙏
My heat is definitely guarded against other people. It’s a chunk of iron.
Amen🙌🏾. You’re speaking directly to me😭❤️Thank you so much for delivering Gods word Melody. I needed to hear this today ❤️🇿🇦
Letting God have the final say in my trials of anxieties.
Soo good!
Thank you so much ma'am.. I've been in this community for awhile now and I must say God bless you and give you more auction to function.
And may he continue to guide us and Reveal himself to us. Amen.
Guarding my heart for me is being mindful of the kind of music I'm listening to. Is it life affirming? Do I feel closer to God listening to this? The kind of questions I ask myself to guard my heart.
Thank you, Melody. God bless you for the Message I just recently deleted tik tok from my phone, that app was making me question my belief in God because of the live videos I watch from different religions. I must advise every Christian here to be very careful of social media and use wisdom. 🙏🏼
This video was just what I needed. I just realized I'm having many struggles at once and going back to an old thinking habit... please, pray for me whoever reads this 🙌
When you connect with all three points.....
But seriously, thank you for sharing! I was just taking to my parents about being discouraged and falling back into old habits. Like many of your videos, this could not have come at a better time! Your channel is a blessing to me and my family!
Loved this video! Guarding my heart looks like watching what I consume from the media and conversations. A lot of “casual consumption” can really affect my heart.
Hey Sis,
Guarding my heart in this season, looks like me coming into the realization that I do not need the approval of my friends. I have been giving rejection power over me my whole life. But lately, the past few months, My friends have been mistreating me. We have been best friends for idk how many years. But lately (again), they have been ignoring me, and really being like "mean girls". But reluctantly I have still been longing for their acknowledgment. Hoping things could turn around soon. Mainly because I love them, and thoughts of "all the years we've shared", and "its worth it to try to repair". But I've been coming to understand, this is deeper than our friendship. What the devil has been meaning for evil, God is turning for my good. The devil wanted this to consume me as it has before. I realize, over the years, I have ALWAYS been the one to initiate resolution, maybe because I was the only one who "needed" it. I was making excuses for their behavior, and trying to express compassion. Because "they aren't used to me being this way, not participating in certain actions, and change is hard for humans". And it's true, I do have compassion for them, and even patience for their inability to confront subjects that are difficult, due to their individual past pains. However, God has been showing me this is a pattern and not an isolated incident. That it is okay for me to remove myself from the toxicity that this friendship is rooted in. This doesn't mean they are bad people, but this isn't about them. They only wish to see me in a certain way, because it benefits the image/plan they had for us. But As I've been returning to Christ, they have begun further pushing me away.
Now, in my own personal world, I have been taking the distruptions and limits off of God. But, what God is revealing to me, is one of the biggest chains that has had me bound in life, was rejection. Over the last few months, that area continued to show up, in many different ways, by many different (close) people. It has, and would consume me, leading me to shamefully seek "feeling better" in other things/activities. I have been putting my faith in people, unintentionally. I now have to release myself from needing people to justify me. Because the truth is I have already been justified in Christ Jesus! Your video is such a blessing. I saved it, and will be taking notes on it. It is a very real, powerful, important, beautifully structured message. God bless you for your obedience in sharing! Thanks Sis!🙌🏾🙏🏾❤
Mel, Girllllllll this video right here! Where do I start. In this particular season I didn't even realize any attack on my heart until I just watched your video. Whoaaaa!!! So I have been in isolation for many reasons, one being I needed to get more focus because I'm in my 3rd to last semester of Nursing School 😓. Two, there was and still is a lot of things in my life that is trying to rob my time with God. So of course when I get disiplined to stay off social media, not hang out at all with people that are doing the things that God called me out of and just fighting through the temptations of the worldly things. Here comes the fight of finances and problems with trying to pay bills while not being able to work a lot due to school and the day to day things as a single mom. But God has been good to me through it all, and if I hadn't known any better I could have easy allowed the enemy to steal my heart, worship and focus away from God because of all the things hitting me at once. Thank you sooooo much for this video. ❤
Yes please do a follow up video.
Hey Melody! 👋
I am not much of a commenter but I enjoy watching your videos so much that I just didn't want to stay silent. I love your personality, you seem like an extremely kind and caring person, it really shines through your videos. I am a new subscriber but the Holy Spirit has already spoken to me through your videos more than once. You are doing some Godly work on this platform! Thank you and God bless you! ❤
When it comes to this video I want to tell you that I have been going through almost the exact situation as you - I have been sick for the past few days, that's when the problems with sin and temptations started. The devil has been trying desperately to get me to return to bad habits from my past (for me this includes overusing social media and procrastination). So this video was truly sent from heavens for me.
In this moment I break any power that the enemy may have over me in the name of Jesus! I proclaim His power, His is the victory! Allelujah, Amen! 🙏
Ooooooooohhh goodness!! This content came at the RIGHT PLACE in my current life 🥺🥺🥺. May the Holy Spirit help me out .
Hi Melody, my answer to todays question is: Spending more quiet time in God’s presence, totally surrendering to him and accepting his peace as I navigate through this season. Thank you for this video! ♥️
God, bless Melody, her family and her channel as I feel truly supported and cared for on my journey to building a stronger connection with You. This video has resonated deeply with my spirit as I have been going through very tough times lately. Thanks sis ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this! For me guarding my heart here lately means believing I am ok ONLY because of God- not because of work or any outward circumstances. I am ok because God loves me.
I guard my heart by putting God first and thinking “Would God want me to do this or that?” and waiting on confirmation from Him. I never done that in the past and made foolish decisions, but by keeping Him in the loop I make better choices. I really enjoyed the video and it was right on time! I’m currently going through point 1 and my stress has gotten so bad that it triggered my anxiety. I kept Jesus first through all of it and I’m finally calming down. The enemy is out here especially those with spiritual gifts and he wants us badly. This isn’t the first or last time he’s been at me like this, however, he made his motives clear by taking away my dream apartment and turning my coworkers against me and messing with my new car. Like Job, I’m saying no!
Jesus knows the Truth! Only God has the power over life and death 🙏🏾!! Therefore, my interpretation is, fear of our Heavenly Father is the ONLY thing that will provide our hearts desires. The enemy knows this as well ❤!!!
This has been me literally that 3rd sign. !!