The Heart’s Condition
The heart is one of the most important organs in the body. It keeps our blood circulating, ensuring that the entire body can function properly. As a result, we give great care to the condition of our hearts.
Similarly, we should give attentive care to the condition of our spiritual hearts.[1] When our spiritual hearts are healthy, everything else seems to operate more smoothly. We are kinder, more patient, more understanding. We judge less, serve more, and love more easily.
Thankfully, it’s never too late to become spiritually “heart-healthy,” regardless of what we’ve experienced. One of the beautiful realities of life is that we can change. Hard hearts can become soft. Impure hearts can become clean. Broken hearts can be healed.
But troubled hearts rarely change without effort. Luckily, opportunities to change abound. Each day brings experiences that test our hearts and allow us to choose how we will respond.
A story is told of a man who was bitten by a poisonous snake. He became angry and ran after the snake with a shovel, determined to kill it. He became so preoccupied with revenge that he neglected the poison in his own body and died.
We have the power to determine how we’ll respond to difficult experiences. Sometimes we feel poison in our hearts but as we strive to remove the poison, we can, with a clearer mind and a softer heart, see the best path forward to remedy the situation.
But we alone can never fully heal our own hearts. Only the Lord can. He said, “I will give you a new heart. …
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”[2]
As the book of Proverbs counsels, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”[3]
As we guard our hearts—keeping them soft, humble, and open—we become better able to recognize and receive God’s blessings in our lives. And through His blessings, our troubled hearts can be made new.
[1] Scriptures abound with invitations to consider the health of our spiritual hearts. See Proverbs 4:23; 23:7; Matthew 6:21; James 4:8; Alma 5:14; 12:10–11; Doctrine and Covenants 6:16.
[2] Ezekiel 36:26, New International Version.
[3] Proverbs 4:23, New International Version.
October 25, 2026
Broadcast Number 5,067
The Tabernacle Choir
Orchestra at Tempe Square
Conductor(s)
Mack Wilberg
Ryan Murphy
Organist
Joseph Peeples
Host
Derrick Porter
“Give,” Said the Little Stream
William B. Bradbury, arr. Ryan Murphy
Rejoice, the Lord Is King!
Horatio Parker, arr. Ryan Murphy
Trumpet Tune in A Major
James C. Kasen
Let All the Angels of God Worship Him, from Messiah
George Frideric Handel
I Would Be True
Traditional Irish tune, arr. Mack Wilberg
There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today
John R. Sweney, arr. Mack Wilberg
Fill the World with Love, from Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Leslie Bricusse, arr. Mack Wilberg