07/19/2025
This is holy wisdom…prudence. 🕊️ 💗
THE PRUDENT HEART
A Trumpet Blast to Awaken the Remnant Bride
“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
—Proverbs 27:12 (NLT)
“A wise, shrewd person discerns the danger ahead and prepares himself, but the naïve simpleton never looks ahead and suffers the consequences.”
—Proverbs 27:12 (TPT)
The Lord is drawing His bride deeper into true discernment—where wisdom leads, not impulse… where being still in His presence becomes strategy… and where hearts are tender enough to hear the faintest whisper from the throne room before the storm ever arrives.
A prudent heart isn’t frantic.
It’s not driven by fear.
It stays alert.
It leans in when the Spirit nudges.
It senses when something feels off.
It doesn’t rush ahead.
It pauses.
It listens.
And it whispers, “Lord… is this the way You’d have me go?”
While the world charges recklessly ahead, the prudent pause quietly to pray. While others laugh off warning signs, they sense a divine interruption. They ask: Is this place safe for my spirit? Is this relationship bearing fruit? Is this road truly blessed of the Lord, or simply convenient to my flesh?
Precaution for the bride of Christ is not doubt—it’s obedience. Noah built the ark when skies were blue. Joseph stored up grain before famine hit. The wise virgins stored oil before the midnight visitation. They did not act out of fear, but out of holy reverence for the Bridegroom’s voice.
But the simpleton pushes forward.
Blindly.
They don’t stop to look ahead.
Not because they’re evil—
But because conviction has grown quiet.
They’ve tuned it out.
They ignore the stirring in their gut.
They brush off godly counsel.
They choose what’s easy.
What’s comfortable.
Not what’s right.
They assume all is well.
Because they see no storm.
They hear only silence—
And mistake it for approval.
When really…
It’s an invitation.
To seek God deeper.
Yet when trouble arrives, it comes fast. And often, it is too late to run back and prepare. The consequences crash hardest on those who won’t listen in the secret place.
Dear one, the Holy Spirit often whispers warnings long before the floodwaters rise. He is gracious. He is patient. But He will not force us to prepare. It’s a choice.
A critical one.
To humble ourselves.
To listen.
To obey—
Even when others mock.
To live with eyes wide open.
To walk in discernment.
To understand the times—
Like the sons of Issachar,
who knew what Israel ought to do. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
This is not a season to walk in presumption. It is a season to walk in discernment. We cannot afford to be polluted by constant busyness, sentimentality, or fake peace. Now is the time to build on higher ground. Now is the time to carry extra oil. Now is the time to walk closely with the Shepherd and refuse every path that lacks His presence.
May we be counted among the watchful.
May we heed the warnings, even when they’re inconvenient.
May we build our lives on the Rock, not in the lowlands of presumption.
May our eyes be open. May our hearts be tender.
May we be prudent in the dangerous days ahead.
With Love,
Steve Porter
www.morningglorydevo.com
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