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9 “The heart is more deceitful than all elseAnd is desperately sick;Who can understand it?10 I, the Lord, search the heart,I test the mind,To give to each person according to his ways,According to the results of his deeds.--- Jeremiah 17:9-10God makes it clear why we sin---it’s a matter of the heart. Our heart is inclined toward sin from the time we are born. It is easy to fall into the routine of forgetting and forsaking God. But we can still choose whether or not to continue in sin. We can yield to a specific temptation, or we can ask God to help us resist temptation when it comes.--- Life Application Study Bible notesPRAYERDear Heavenly Father,I know You know my heart. Help me to guard my heart by staying alert against any deception and wickedness from the enemy. I invite You to search my heart to see if there is anything that needs to be changed in my conscious and unconscious mind.Give me a willing heart to change what doesn’t align to Your will.Purify my heart to conform to the heart of Christ.Bring me into a closer relationship with You that gives me victory over any sin.In Jesus’ name, Amen