[Editor's note: Below is a transcribed excerpt from Sylvia Neusch's ElijahForce interview, hosted by Julie Smith. You can watch the full episode, "God Is Close to the Brokenhearted," using the link at the bottom of this article.]

Guard Your Heart and Keep the Waters Flowing

Sylvia: "The Lord, He kept highlighting this one verse. It's a key Scripture for us, and it's Proverbs 4:23: 'Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life' (NIV 1984). And I just kept hearing Him say that.

"This was personal for me, first, as I was navigating, watching, and listening to these exposures; sometimes it was people we knew, or people we had respected or followed... And He just kept saying, 'Guard your heart. Guard your heart.'

So I spent some time with Him, just kind of like, 'Okay, well, what does that look like? What do You want me to guard and how?'

"And He just really let me spend some time meditating on that [verse]. And you know where it talks about how the heart is like the wellspring of life? Well, we have a little fountain on our back patio... and I like the sound of running water, so that is why I had it, but it became pretty quickly a bird feeding [area]. Birds were playing in it; they'd come to drink, and squirrels and rabbits and bunnies were coming up on my porch and drinking out of it... (Read More)