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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Law: delivery from deceitfulness

Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
Meditation:
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it does not rise from deceitful lips.
—Psalm 17:1 (NIV)

Quotation:
[Continued from yesterday]
For your heart is your life, and your life can only be altered by that which is the real working of your heart. And if your prayer is only a form of words, made by the skill of other people, such a prayer can no more change you into a good man, than an actor upon the stage, who speaks kingly language, is thereby made to be a king: whereas one thought, or word, or look, towards God, proceeding from your own heart, can never be without its proper fruit, or fail of being a real good to your soul. Again, another great and infallible benefit of this kind of prayer is this; it is the only way to be delivered from the deceitfulness of your own hearts. [Continued tomorrow]
... William Law (1686-1761), The Spirit of Prayer [1749], London: E. Justins for Ogles, Duncan, and Cochran, 1816, p. 161-162 (see the book)
See also Ps. 17:1; Jer. 17:9; Eph. 4:22; 1 John 5:14

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, my prayer is my own, seeking You.
 
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