I give you my heart, 

    and I humbly pray that you would always keep it in your hands,

    since it is so unfaithful in loving what is good.

When it is in my control, 

    it is prone to follow all sorts of evils.

Oh Father, 

    keep my heart steadfast and unalterable in your ways.

Let it not be inclined to any evil thing 

    nor lean toward any of my former vanities.

Keep my eyes from looking upon and my ears from listening

    to any sort of wickedness.

Do not let my lips utter anything that is ungodly 

    or my feet move even a step in any of the paths of death,

    but hold my whole spirit, soul, and body in a righteous fear of you.

Keep me comfortable in the hope of your favor,

    through Jesus Christ, my blessed Lord and only Savior.

Amen.

 

John Kettlewell, 1653-1695, English clergyman and devotional writer

 

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May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. 

May your whole spirit, soul and body 

    be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.