A Scripture and a Prayer: “Be Intentional”

“Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.” (Proverbs 4:25-27)

Prayer:

Lord, help us keep our eyes fixed on the prize, that is, on You, heaven, and an eternity in Your presence. Help us run the race set before us, with You and heaven as our finish line. Help us not be like Peter, but keep our eyes fixed on You, not on the circumstances and situations that surround us, that is, not on the wind and waves that want to take us under. Help us be intentional about this one thing, seeking You above all else, so that we might dwell in Your house all the days of our lives and behold Your beauty. And this I ask in Your precious name, Jesus. AMEN