A Scripture and a Prayer: “God Knows”

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” (Jeremiah 17:9-10)

Prayer:

Father, I thank You for searching our hearts and testing our integrity. What comfort it gives us to know that You, O Lord, see beyond our outward appearances, and beyond the words that we speak, and look directly into the inner workings of our hearts. Nothing is hidden from Your all-knowing gaze. You discern our motives, intentions, and the essence of who we are. Lord, we confess that there are moments when our hearts go astray, when our desires conflict with Your perfect will. Therefore, we humbly ask You to renew, purify, and cleanse our hearts and create within a heart that is clean and totally sold out for You. And this we ask in Jesus’s name. AMEN