| Pure Hearts-Matt. 5:8 |
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"What great blessings there are for the people that are pure
in their thinking! They will be with God."
-- Matthew 5:8 (ERV)
"Purer in heart, O God, help me to be ..." That's the powerful line of
Fannie Davison's old hymn. This is also an amazingly pervasive theme in
Scripture, whether articulated by the prophets, the psalmists, the
wisdom teachers, Jesus, or the apostles. A clean heart is the signal of
God's coming new age and is mandatory for true, authentic worship. Much
of human life is tainted by duplicity and deception. Pure motives and
an unspoiled heart are of utmost importance if we are to live the life
of the Kingdom Family. For those who are pure in heart, going to be
with God is not a far journey, for they have sought to live with him
everyday. It is simply the fulfillment of an ongoing passion to keep
their hearts close to the Father's home.
Oh gracious and holy LORD, I know my heart can be deceptive and
self-serving. But through your Holy Spirit, cleanse my heart, make your
home there, and let your influence live there until I come home to be
with you. I want my life to show forth my allegiance to you, so help me
as I seek to guard my heart from impurity, duplicity, and selfishness.
Help me, O God, as I try to be pure in heart. Thank you, in the name of
Jesus, your pure and perfect sacrifice. Amen.
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