Having seen that hypocrites, heart-neglect, and false professors of the Faith fill the professing church, and having seen that keeping the heart is the difference from them, Flavel now comes to stating some great benefits of this work: the chief duty of the Christian…

We are in the application section of Flavel’s book, Keeping the Heart. We will be looking at two more points on the importance of keeping the heart…

With the last of the seasons for keeping the heart completed, we can now look further at certain application for keeping the heart…

We are continuing season 12—the season of preparing for physical death—with three more helps from Flavel…

The 12th and final season in Flavel’s book is when we are warned by sickness that our dissolution is at hand. This season is about keeping our hearts even unto our physical deaths. We will be looking at the usual fears that accompany nearing death and looking at principles of Godly wisdom to correct our flawed views of this final enemy to be conquered…

Season 11 is called, when sufferings for religion are laid upon us. This season focuses specifically on suffering for Christ rather than giving into the flesh. We will look at six helps for keeping our hearts to suffer for Christ, which is the distinct focus of this season…

Today we will be looking at three more reasons often used for justifying doubt, and show how they are not really reasons at all. In this, the battle is for the mind, and knowing how to address the lies in our heads with biblical wisdom is a crucial practice…

Today we are looking at the first three reasons why we may feel doubt in the season of doubting and of spiritual darkness, and will see how these are not reasons at all…

We are continuing season 10: the season of doubting and of spiritual darkness…

This is season 10 in Flavel’s book on Keeping the Heart. In this devotional, we will be looking at the season of doubting and of spiritual darkness; a time when a Christian may feel tempted by feelings of despair…