It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own thought.
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Acts 20:28:
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
(NIV)
Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with His own blood.
(AMP)
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
(KJV)
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We need to be on guard here a bit, ensuring that when technology is used, it's effective and respects constitutional principles.
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You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.
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Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.
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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
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