![]() In Jesus’ Name, thank you for the privilege of being able to have a pure heart and mind. ![]() Psalm 32:8 “ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go I will guide you with My eye.” My desire is to do whatever is necessary to deal with my sin so that I can accept Your longing to guide me with love and wisdom. “ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.” In fact, You tell me in Psalm 66:18 that if I do not take care of my sin, You do not hear me. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.”ĭirect me to always be reminded of the serious, damaging affect that sin has on my relationship with You. Psalm 32:5 “ I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. It is a great blessing from You that, like David in the Bible, I have the opportunity to put my sin behind me. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.”Īs the Protector and Deliverer of my heart from the evil one, teach me to be receptive and sensitive to my need for the immediate confession and repentance of any sin that touches my life. Psalm 32:1-2 “ Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Until my entrance into Heaven, You daily forgive me of my sin as needed so that I can have the joy of a pure heart. I was covered in sin, but Your Son Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from death, has washed me and given me an eternal home in Heaven. Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,Īnd everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.Author: Elton Streyle, Contributor: Noah, Photography and Editing: Aliįorgiving Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ Name, I thank you for the opportunity to come to You for forgiveness and cleansing. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visitorphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.īut the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ![]() To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. ![]() When our hearts and minds are not in alignment, then the whole body may be. So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Matthew 5:8 says blessed are those with a pure heart for they will see God. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.ĭo not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others keep yourself pure. 3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.Īnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more,with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christįinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.įor I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband,to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,Īll the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,Įven a child makes himself known by his acts,īy whether his conduct is pure and upright.īlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Who does not lift up his soul to what is falseĪnd righteousness from the God of his salvation. Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, ![]()
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