65 PRAY TO GUARD YOUR HEART.

I pray that ________ will give attention to God’s words;

Let ________ incline his/her ear to God’s sayings.

Do not let them depart from ________’s eyes;

Keep them in the midst of ________’s heart;

For they are life to________,

And health to ________’s flesh.

Lord, keep ________’s heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

Put away from ________ a deceitful mouth,

And put perverse lips far from ________.

Let ________’s eyes look straight ahead,

And ________’s eyelids look right before you.

Help ________ ponder the path of ________’s feet,

And let all of ________’s ways be established. Amen.

     (based on Proverbs 4:19–26)