Christians must not pray in the same way now, in light of the cross, but we still

The washings and the sprinklings were all ways in which the Jewish ceremonial system conveyed a crucial truth—that no one of us is what we should be, that we all know shame and guilt,

The more I thank and rejoice that you did that for me, the more it melts away my hardness and makes me able to be patient and attentive to people around me.

but in the garden just before you died, you were so gentle and affirming of us even when we went to sleep on you.

Have I looked down on anyone? Have I been too stung by criticism? Have I felt snubbed and ignored?

but a working our hearts to such a grief as will make sin [itself] more odious unto us than

Will I nurse my pride when he emptied himself of his own glory to save me?”

we aim to move beyond seeing only the danger of sin—its consequences—and find ways to convince our hearts of the grievousness of sin—how it dishonors and grieves the one to whom we owe everything.

He admits sin with the mind and forsakes sin with the heart.