Wonders In Every Heartbeat

O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
    Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
    You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
    I would never come to the end of them.

--Psalm 40:5 (NLT)

O Lord my God,

I stand amazed at just how good You have been to me.

May my "looking back at my past" only be in remembrance of all the wondrous things that You have done for me, in celebration of Your faithfulness and love.

When I think of how involved You are in even the smallest of details of my life, I am overwhelmed…I cannot take it in. There is not one thing that happens to me that You don’t see—not one thing that happens that You don't already have  a plan to bring good from it for me!  To number Your plans would be impossible.

Help me to see more clearly the wonders that You perform out of intimate love for me, in every heartbeat of every day.  Remind me of those wonders that You have performed, especially in those times when the strength of my faith is fading.

There is truly none like You, Lord.  I could tell of Your wonderful deeds forever, and never reach the end of the telling. Still, prompt me to tell of them in order to bring glory, honor and praise to You.

I stand amazed at just how good You have been to me.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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.