1 Samuel 2:3 English Standard Version (ESV) Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Pride is the condition of the heart, arrogance is evidence of that condition.

This is just one of the examples of how we might determine the condition of our own hearts.

What we say is telling, not only to ourselves but to others also. It can bolster our witness or is could stain it. Since James wrote to us about the wild nature of the tongue and the difficulty in taming it, then what we say by way of self-talk, should indicate where we need to check ourselves.

Many of us have had emotional outbursts in the past. Some of those have led to acts we regret. The idea here is to listen to the condition of the heart in our private time. Prayer can be very revealing. When done privately it can be an adventure in self-discovery.

“Do you hear yourself?”

That is possibly a comment that has been directed at ourselves by people who care about us and are trying to get our attention. Deal with the condition of the heart before actions do irreparable harm.

Isaiah 47:10 English Standard Version (ESV) You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

There it is, “said in your heart”. The only help for us to fight off this condition is to make sure we have allowed someone to come along beside us to speak truth in love.

The saving grace of accountability partners is in finding someone we can trust, someone who we can reveal the innermost conditions of our heart without fear. They will always have our best interest at heart.

One is good, two is better, three is best. We all have lives and relying on only one puts too much pressure on their availability.