FORTHCOMING TITLE, ETA JANUARY 2027
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
PROVERBS 4:23
Likening the Christian’s heart to a musical instrument, John Flavel reminds us that it “will quickly fall out of tune if it is not well-kept.” So, like any good musician, we must continually tune out sinful notes and maintain the sweet sounds of communion with God. Keeping the Heart serves as an invaluable guide in this endeavor. With pastoral warmth and searching insight, Flavel not only explains why heart maintenance is important but also directs us through the specific seasons of life in which our hearts are most vulnerable to wander. Read this work carefully and prayerfully, and you will find your heart more tender toward God, humbler and sincerer before Him, and more deeply anchored in His truth.
161 pages.
“Pastoral wisdom and warmth flow down to us across the centuries in this wonderfully accessible version of John Flavel’s earnest volume on keeping the heart. Because spiritual health and happiness hinge on heart-holiness, the humble reader will only be helped by a careful and prayerful reading of this sweet little book.”
—Jeremy Walker, pastor of Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley, England
Puritan Treasures for Today Series
As people seek a more satisfying and authentic faith, interest in the Puritans continues to grow. This series presents Puritan books that are accessible in length and carefully edited with modern readers in mind by smoothing out difficult phrases of a bygone era while carefully retaining the meaning of the original authors. These books have been thoughtfully selected to provide some of the best counsel on important subjects that people continue to wrestle with today.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
What It Means to Keep the Heart
2. Its Necessity
3. Its Activity
4. Its Difficulty
Reasons for Keeping the Heart
5. The Honor of Our God
6. The Sincerity of Our Profession
7. The Beauty of Our Conduct
8. The Comfort of Our Soul
9. The Improvement of Our Grace
10. The Stability of Our Heart
Seasons for Keeping the Heart
11. In Prosperity
12. In Adversity
13. In Trouble
14. In Danger: Part 1
15. In Danger: Part 2
16. In Poverty
17. In Duty: Part 1
18. In Duty: Part 2
19. In Injury
20. In Provocation
21. In Temptation
22. In Darkness: Part 1
23. In Darkness: Part 2
24. In Persecution
25. In Sickness
Lessons for Keeping the Heart
26. A Word of Warning
27. A Word of Exhortation: Part 1
28. A Word of Exhortation: Part 2
29. A Word of Counsel
30. A Word of Comfort
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