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Devotional praying helps us become the people God has called us to be. It focuses on matters of the heart and causes us to examine ourselves and our relationships in light of God’s Holy Word. We are not talking about morbid introspection but the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. Early in our walk with the Lord, our temptations are generally the more obvious temptations of the flesh – lust, ambition and materialism, but as we grow in the Lord, they become the more subtle temptations of the heart. These are temptations that only the Word and the Spirit can root out.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart…See if there is any
— Psalm 139:23-24
offensive way in me.”
Lord Jesus, help us to take responsibility for our attitudes so we can be changed by Your Holy Spirit. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.