Father, I pray You will give Steven a heart for repentance. Give him the courage to admit any wrong he has done. Convict him early and convict him often of being manipulative and deceitful especially to me. Give him an open and teachable heart with an ongoing, ever strengthening desire to what is good and pleasing in Your eyes. Where conviction has taken place, further move him to humble repentance, seeing his sin as You do and fully renouncing its hold on his life. Father, in his humility give him Your peace, knowing he is fully forgiven and can walk unashamedly in front of You. That You have removed his sin as far as the east is from the west. That You are the one who blots out his transgressions and will remember them no more. (Is.43:25)