Guard Your Heart: Forgive Freely. Set Boundaries Boldly.

A Faith-Filled Boundaries Workbook by Precious Silas, MBA

Dear Sister, you can love people and still close the gate. You can forgive someone with your whole heart and still decide they do not get a key to your house, your money, your peace or your grandbabies. Guard your heart. Not harden it. Guard it. (Proverbs 4:23)

Guard Your Heart is a 43-page workbook that shows you a boundary is a gate, not a wall. It does not matter who it is: your mama, your husband, your grown children, your best friend, your boss, your pastor or a stranger in the comments. Forgiveness and boundaries are not enemies. They walk together.

Inside you will find:

• What a boundary is and why healthy boundaries are biblical, including how even Jesus stepped away to rest and pray.
• Forgive and still set boundaries: why forgiveness, trust and access are three different things.
• Your boundary map: who is in your inner circle and who stays outside the gate.
• Boundaries, person by person: family, children and grandchildren, partners, friends, work, church and social media, with "say it like this" scripts.
• The No Toolbox: seven ways to say no, plus a fill-in script builder.
• Guilt and pushback: what to do when you feel bad or they push back, with the Guilt Flip activity.
• Fun activities: the "What's My Boundary Style?" quiz, a Forgive and Fence worksheet, role plays to practice with a friend, a second quiz, your Yes/No list, a 7-day boundary challenge, journal prompts and 2 word searches with answer keys.
• Verses to keep close and a closing blessing.

Grab a pen. Grab a sister. Let's do this together.

With love and a firm hug, Coach P

This book is for encouragement and education. It is not counseling, medical or legal advice.