The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." [Jeremiah 17:9-10]
Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart. Help me be wise enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its purity and devotion to you. I want to be holy through and through — body, soul, mind, and spirit. Please search me and help me remove everything that would steal my devotion from you and that would ruin my influence with others for you. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.