Keep your heart as you would keep a garrison. The heart of man is a garrison or a royal fortress. This garrison is besieged; the devil shoots his fiery darts of temptation. So keep your heart as a tower or a castle.
Keep a close sentinel on your heart. Habakkuk 2:1: "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower." Discover where Satan labors to make a breach, what grace he most shoots at, and there set a double guard and fortify that spot.
Make use of all your spiritual ammunition: meditation and prayer. Prayer is the great ordinance; discharge this cannon, and be sure to put the bullet of faith in it (Matthew 21:22; 1 Peter 5:9). If the devil takes the garrison by storm, it will be sad. Remember how he rent and tore that man in whom he was (Matthew 9:18)? It is easier to let Satan in than it is to get him out. If the devil gets the garrison of your heart, you are his slave; and remember, he gives no quarter. ~Thomas Watson, The Spiritual Watch
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