God of wisdom, who understands all things for you created them, help us to test our hearts, knowing that they are layered and complex, that we might not fall prey to our own self-deception and discover the truth that you desire in our deepest parts, through Christ our Lord, who reigns above with you and the Holy Spirit in joy and love forever and ever. Amen.
‘The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse– who can understand it?’ – Jeremiah 17:9