Prayer based on Jeremiah 3

Husband of Your Church, we have been an unfaithful bride, and have polluted the land. Your people of old called out to You even when they had done all the evil that they could. Will we follow in this treacherous way, and not return to You in truth? Please restrain our sin. We are not interested in the way of pretended religion. We want You and not some worthless foreign idol. You are the Master of Your people. Take us back, so that we will know Your love again. We will not stubbornly follow our evil hearts. You have brought us into a pleasant land. We turn away from every perverted way. You are the Lord our God, and in You alone is the salvation of Your church. We have sinned against You from our youth until this day, for we have not obeyed Your voice, O Lord our God.