Indwelling Spirit, who sees all that passes within our hearts, make us attentive to the things that come out of us, that we would recognize and acknowledge the evils that we bear within and work with you to purify our hearts of all that defiles, through Christ our Redeemer, who died that we might live and now reigns with you and the Father in perfect holiness forever and ever. Amen.
“For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” – Mark 7:21-23