THE HOUSE OF PRAYER — PRAYER XIII: REFINE MY TONGUE A Prayer for Wisdom, Restraint, and Sanctified Speech

“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” — Psalm 141:3

Our words can heal, encourage, restore, and speak life. But an uncontrolled tongue can also damage relationships, destroy trust, wound families, and threaten what God has spent years building through our lives.

In Prayer XIII of The House of Prayer, inspired by Conversation IV of Refined for a Purpose, we surrender one of the most difficult areas of our lives to govern:

Our mouth.

James 3 reminds us that a small rudder can direct a great ship and a small spark can set an entire forest on fire. Sometimes the fire we are asking God to extingui ...