
A Vessel of Good Works
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.—Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
E. M. BOUNDS wrote, “Giving thanks is the very life of prayer. It is its fragrance and music, its poetry and its crown.” Try this prayer technique: every day, thank God for three things—any three blessings that come to your mind. Praying gratefully is a key to seeing all that is right in your life.
Heavenly Father, thank You for blessing me with Your Word, for giving me the wisdom to recognize Your grace in my life and for this moment, right now, when I feel Your love in my heart.

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.—Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

I have called you by name; you are mine.—Isaiah 43:1 (NLT)

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.—Psalm 22:1–2 (ESV)