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Direct Answer Bercot’s point implies setting practical, pre-decided boundaries that protect the devotional hour when surprises come—choosing to cancel or postpone other activities instead. The transcript doesn’t give a list of rules, but it stresses a firm resolve and consistent priority rather than perfection or rigid formalism.

Support from Transcript:

• The needed change is explicit: “I needed to make a firm commitment that when unexpected things happened, it would be our pig that would die. It wouldn’t be the Lord’s Pig.”
• He shows what that looked like in his example: stopping the puzzle earlier—“we’re not going to be able to finish the puzzle tonight”—so God’s time remains.
• He warns that without resolve, the devotional hour becomes “little more than an ideal… but rarely have time to do.”
• He expects interruptions and therefore planning: calls, visits, work issues, family issues.
• Anthony Blume’s counsel functions like a boundary: “Whatever happens, I will not budge.”
• Blume also describes handling interruptions: say to disturbances, “I am here, but not for you.”