Your Word Hidden In My Heart

Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

—Psalm 119:11 (NKJV)

God of Truth and Grace,

Let my heart be a storehouse for Your Word, so that I can draw from that treasure of Truth whenever I am tempted to sin against You.

Help me to make my heart a hiding place for Your Word, filling it with that treasure of Truth—which is found in Your Word—and safely storing it away where no man can take it from me. 

For if I only hide away Your Word somewhere in my house, it can be stolen from me.  And if I trust it to my mind, my memory may prove to be untrustworthy and I might lose the Truth.

But when I store it up in my heart, it changes me forever from within, so that I am well able to stand against the lies of the enemy and embrace the Truth at all times and in every circumstance.

Let my heart be a storehouse for Your Word, so that I can draw from that treasure of Truth whenever I am tempted to sin against You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Hidden Safely In My Heart

With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

--Psalm 119:10-11 (NKJV)

God of Grace and Mercy,

Make my heart a storehouse for Your Word, so that I can draw from the truth that I find there when I am tempted to sin against You.

I know that no matter how committed I am to seek after Your heart, I need Your help to keep from ignorantly or willfully wandering from Your commandments, so I ask You to help me hold fast to my commitment to seek You with my whole heart.

Help me to hide Your Word in the one place where it cannot be stolen from me—in my heart. 

Remind me that if I only hide it away in my house, it can be stolen from me.

Remind me that if I trust it to my mind, my memory may prove to be untrustworthy.

Show me that when I store it up in my heart, it changes me forever from within so that it cannot be taken from me and that only then can it save me from my sinful ways.

Make my heart a storehouse for Your Word so that I can draw from the truth that I find there when I am tempted to sin against You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.