From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, “Obey me.” 8But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’ ”

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

Lord God my Father,

You have made your way clear, and I have put my own above you. Forgive me and bring your healing over me so I may only know your way. My heart is filled with evil, and it calls to me, help me to ignore my desires and make your desires closer to my heart so I may only follow you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen