“Sanctify my tongue, O Lord, that it may be an instrument of Thy glory, and not of my shame; and grant that my speech may be seasoned with grace, to edify the hearers. Keep me from all idle, sinful, and corrupt communication, that my words may be such as are good and profitable to the use of edifying.”
—Lewis Bayly (c. 1575–1631)
Source: The Practice of Piety (London: Printed for John Hodgets, 1613), 471.
Reflection: Where in my daily conversations do I most need God’s sanctifying grace to make my words edifying rather than careless?