“My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life, keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.” Proverbs 6:20-24

Lord God, So much in our lives would distract us and pull us away from you. Bad pledges. False promises. All kinds of things would pull us away from living a life that is centered on you. We pray, Lord God, keep us from those things. And help us in all things to let our lives revolve around you. You have loved us with the love that sees us as if we were the only person in this world. So Lord, help us to center our lives around you so that everything that we do, everything that we think, everything that we say, even everything that we feel and everything that we believe revolves around you and your word. You Father are good and you love us. Your love endures forever. Help us to live our lives loving you with all our heart with all our soul and with all our strength. Amen.

Our dear Father, let nothing keep us from him. He didn’t spare his own Son. He arranged world history throughout all of time to save you and me and all. In love for each one of us and because of his great love for us God has centered his world on saving us. Lord, help us center our hearts and lives in you.