Help Me To Remember

Above all else, guard your heart,
   for everything you do flows from it. 

Keep your mouth free of perversity;
   keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 

Let your eyes look straight ahead;
   fix your gaze directly before you. 

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
   and be steadfast in all your ways. 

Do not turn to the right or the left;
   keep your foot from evil. 

--Proverbs 4:23-27 (NIV)

Dear Lord,

Help me to remember,

    That I must guard my heart most of all,
        In order to keep it safe from harm,

    That I must watch over it,
        In order to keep it under control,

    And that I must fill it with the good things that come from You

        In order to make sure that those things that flow from my heart will be a

        continual source of life…not only for me, but to others as well.

Help me to remember,

    To pay attention to what I say,
        So that I only speak life-giving words,

    To be careful to keep my eyes on the path that You have put me on,
        So I won’t get distracted by worthless things that would waste my time,

    And to remove those immoral things that would cause me to stumble along the way,
        So that my feet will be firmly planted on the clear path You have established, beneath

        my feet, for me.

Help me to remember,

    Not to let anyone or anything cause me to swerve off the path You have made for me…
        …that path that leads to life!

Help me to remember,

In the name of Jesus, Amen.