THE PRAYER OF EVERY CHRISTIAN

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

Psalm 51:10 KJV

Our Scripture verse should be the prayer of every Christian.  We are living in a world that is filled with hatred, violence, drugs, sex and all other things that hurt our Heavenly Father.  It is so easy to point the finger of guilt at others but it’s a lot harder for us to admit we hurt God and fail Him.

As one of my pastors said in a sermon, “If you will make sure your heart is in right standing with God, you won’t have time to point the finger of guilt at others and condemn them”.  The pastor is so right because it is a full time job making sure my own heart is in right standing with God.

We need to be very selective about our close friends.  We are to love one another and treat each other with kindness but we need to be careful about who we choose to be our close friends.  None of us are perfect and that includes me but we need to be sure our close friends love Jesus.

Just as we can have parents but not love them so we can have Jesus as our Saviour but not love Him.  Jesus deserves our love, all of our time and our talents and He should be first in our heart and life.  Nothing or nobody should come before Jesus.  He is the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!

Heavenly Father, please forgive us for the times we fail You and hurt You.  Help us to be children that make You happy instead of children that bring sadness to You.  Please search my heart and if there is anything that hurts You, I’m sorry.  Please forgive me.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 27, 2016