TODAY IS MONDAY AFTER THE FIRST Sunday in Lent 2024.

I invite you to begin or end your day by praying this prayer of repentance...'According to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my inquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.'

All of these verses give a clear picture of what it means to be dependent on God, to be made right with him and right with the world. We can have confidence that the Lord can and will create a clean heart within those who call on his name. It is, in fact, his deepest desire to renew a right spirit within us.