Since our heart is our belief center, we need to monitor what goes into it. Jude recorded three ways to build up our faith. Verses 20-21 say, “…praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”

As I meditated on what it means to keep ourselves in the love of God, my mind went back to John 14:21. It says, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

We keep our heart in God’s love through obedience to His word. Therefore we have to know His word in order to obey. Holes are made in the protective barrier of our heart when we choose to walk in disobedience.