Deceitful Hearts

The outward appearances of a many may deceive us.. but God alone understands the heart. We may not even know the true content of our own hearts, but the Lord our God knows what is in the heart of each one of us.
We are all fallen creatures and although we praise and thank God that we have been saved by grace through faith in Christ. That we have been made a new creation in Him and have been given His resurrected life.
As believers who are living in the dispensation of grace, we have the Holy Spirit in our heart, Who will never leave us nor forsake us - and He can never be taken away from us. Nevertheless, knowing that the heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately wicked, we should always check to see if we are trusting in anything other than the Lord Jesus.
"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that we are Your children and have been saved by grace through faith in Christ - nonetheless it is uncomfortable to realize that like all others.. our hearts are deceitful and desperately wicked. We pray that You would search our hearts; our motives; our conscious thoughts - and even our unconscious imaginings, to see if there is anything in us that needs to be rooted out. Purify our hearts we pray, in Jesus name, AMEN.