Clean hands are good. A clean heart is the upgrade.

Behavior is the visible layer and it can be managed without anything underneath changing. Keeping your hands clean is genuinely good and also achievable through pure self-control, which means it can coexist with contempt, envy or quiet cruelty that nobody ever sees. The deeper work is slower because it is not under direct control.

Look past what you did this week to what you wanted to do. Bring that honestly into prayer rather than editing it first. Good behavior is worth keeping, and it is the starting point rather than the finish.