CHChrystal HurstFounder/CEO at The Sister Circle

Guard the door! Check out the full message @OCBFChurch

21 May 2026 · 2 min

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In this sermon excerpt, the speaker highlights extraordinary acts of maternal bravery—women who literally shielded their children from tornadoes, bears, and car accidents—using these stories to illustrate the innate ‘mama bear’ instinct to protect. He then contrasts these natural, heroic protections with modern reliance on smart‑home technologies such as Ring cameras, double‑bolted doors, Alexa, and tablets, noting that while these tools offer physical security, they do not guard against spiritual or digital threats. The speaker warns that Satan and online predators exploit children’s innocence, using screens and devices to infiltrate their lives, and that this exposure can have lasting effects for decades. The central exhortation is a repeated “Guard the door!”—a call for parents to adopt vigilant, spiritually‑focused protection of their children beyond mere technological measures.

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In the 2010 magazine Women's Day, there was an article of women who had done amazing things when their children were in danger. So you have a woman who covers her children with a mattress and then lays on top of it so the tornado would get her but not them. You have women who, uh, will get in front of their children and the grizzly bear will claw them, but they won't get to their kids. You have women that see that the jack broke on the car and somebody's underneath it, and all of a sudden there is superhuman strength to hoist that car up to get her baby out. There is such a thing as a mama bear, and that's what I'm talking about. And some of us need to realize we're doing so great on our Ring cameras and our double-bolted doors, and we're doing amazing things with the Alexas and the screens and all of the things that make our homes run smooth. You can look at all the things on your phone. You know who's going into your garage. That's amazing. But can I tell you that some of us are not guarding the door and Satan doesn't care anything about the double bolted locks. He doesn't care anything about the alarm. He's like, yeah, go ahead. Keep your kids in front of the TV. Put that phone and that iPad in their hand because I can do everything I need to do that way. In fact, that's even better. And your children are having their innocence stolen and your children are being introduced to predators and your children are introduced to things that they will be fighting off. For the next 20 years of your life. Guard the door! Guard the door!