hear me when I call to you.
May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
Set a guard over my mouth, LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies. (Psalm 141:1-4)
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
Set a guard over my mouth, LORD;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies. (Psalm 141:1-4)
Look how embodied David's prayer is: He calls with his voice. He lifts his hands up. He asks the LORD to guard his voice and his heart. He asks for protection against "eating" the wicked deeds of evildoers.
My prayer is often a prayer of my mind. Less often, it is a prayer of my heart. Embodied prayer? I seldom pray that way.
Why?
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