EP 75: The Danger of a Guardless Heart
In Totality with Megan Ashley
Megan Ashley
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This episode is one of the most honest ones I’ve shared. Over the past month, I’ve felt the weight of the Lord’s discipline, and not in a way that pushed me away, but in a way that pulled me back to truth.
I was in a rut. I was complaining, easily offended, and frustrated with God,but what He showed me was deeper than my emotions. He showed me that I had stopped guarding my heart (Proverbs 4:23), and because of that, pride, bitterness, and cynicism were sneaking in quietly.
In this episode, I’m talking about what it really looks like to guard your heart not just from toxic people or outside voices, but from your own thoughts, offense, and the lies that subtly disconnect you from God.
This isn’t just about discipline - it’s about intimacy. It’s about letting God confront what’s trying to corrupt you and choosing closeness with Him over comfort.
If you’ve been feeling dry, defensive, or distant from God - this one’s for you.
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| 0:45.7 | That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. What's up you guys? Welcome back to another episode of In Totality. I'm your host, Megan Ashley. So happy to be back with you. If this is your first time watching, welcome. I hope that this |
| 1:12.8 | episode blesses you, but I do want to give a special shout out to my Patreon community, |
| 1:18.5 | The Village. I love you guys. I know you're watching. And yeah, I just love y'all. I just, |
| 1:23.3 | this morning, I'm, I was up and I was doing my devotional time and just spending some time with the Lord. |
| 1:31.7 | And the village was just on my heart really strong. |
| 1:35.3 | And so I just wanted to shout you all out today because I love you guys. |
| 1:38.0 | And actually what I'm going to be talking about today is what I sent to the village this morning. It was a devotional that I'm going to start |
| 1:47.1 | doing with the Patreon community, a weekly devotional. And so my topic today is actually what I |
| 1:54.4 | sent to them this morning. So for the village, this will this will be more of an in-depth |
| 1:59.7 | conversation of what I sent you guys today. |
| 2:03.0 | This is not going to be a sermon. So my thoughts are not going to be all, you know, perfectly executed. |
| 2:17.2 | This is something that has just been on my heart and I wanted to |
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