Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.

“Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will stop to ask how you are? 6You have rejected me,” declares the Lord. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.

“If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them. 20I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you,” declares the Lord. 21“I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.”

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? 10“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

Lord God my Father,

Your Grace is beyond understanding. I am a sinner, yet you bless me because I desire to grow past my nature and live in yours. Reveal the idols I have grown comfortable with and give me wisdom and strength to move past the compromise I have allowed. Restore me and use me to reveal your delight and give hope to all to seek you. I repent of my worldly desire and seek your eternal desire for me. Wash my mind and direct my life.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen