two little words

"O God, who delight in innocence and restore it,
direct the hearts of your servants to yourself,
that, caught up in the fire of your Spirit,
we may be found steadfast in faith
and effective in works."
   today's collect

"The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked;
who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart.
I test the mind.
Even to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his doings."
     Jeremiah 17:9-10

"Submit to God, Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Lament and mourn and weep!
Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up."
    James 4:7-9