A Prayer for Watching Ourselves

Father, because he and his people would not listen to the warnings of God, You permitted the Babylonians to bind King Manasseh and take him as a captive to Babylon. There, when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before You, the God of his fathers and repented, reversing all that was abominable. We invite You to get our attention, even when it hurts, so that we regularly examine our hearts to see if we are wholeheartedly walking with You and leaving a path for others to follow – the path that leads to righteous living here and life everlasting over there. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.