Wise and discerning Lord, who knows our true needs, search our hearts and show us the truth of our souls, that we might know our secret faults and convoluted desires and thus know what to offer to you for forgiveness and healing and so be made whole and ready for the ways of your kingdom, through Christ our Lord, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit forever in glory. Amen.
‘The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse– who can understand it? I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.’ – Jer. 17:9-10