Give Us Pure Hearts

Hello everyone. I missed you all this past weekend and missed being in church on sunday, again!!! But thank you for all the comments, they helps to keep us feeling connected to you all, and it's nice to be able to get a glimps of what is on your heart, even though we don't always know who you are. So with that said here is what I have to say today........
I was reminded today, well really it's been all weekend but the revelation came today, of how important it is to keep yourself pure and holy before the Lord, and confessing your sins daily to Him. How often do we allow sin to creep in and not even realize it and before we know it, we are feeling down in the dumps but really can't figure out why.
Well...................Why?

This kind of down in the dumps feeling will go on as long as we allow it, and by allowing it I simply mean not confessing your sin before the Lord. Okay, the enemy's goal is to kill, steal, and destroy, right (john 10:10) He's is going to try and steal this joy you have, the bible warns us of that, he roams around like a roaring lion seeking who he may devour (1 peter 5:8-9) So he's going to throw thing our way to make us stumble so he has a chance to attack. Us believing any lie from the enemy gives him a foothold. Do you ever do something throughout your day that makes you feel like a DORK, and whatever that is eventualy maks you say to yourself, I am worthless, or I am so stupid and the way this turns into sin is becacse it is not true your believing a lie from the enemy, or what about when someone says something to you that is hurtful, or mean and you begine to feel anger towards that person, even if the comment was said as a joke. Here is another big one that creeps in so quietly that you could go on for days or weeks before you realize what it really is.....PRIDE. It comes in so many different formes that we don't always recognize it as pride. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Prov. 11:2)
It is so important that we come before the Lord every day with our slate wiped clean. Ask the Lord to examine your heart, it's one thing to have a known area of sin, but we need the Lord to sweep through our hearts and reveal anything that we did not realize was there, then deal with it. Ask for forgiveness, and accept His forgiveness.
Keep a short account with God, be quick to confess, make every effort to live a pure life.

Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts, let us not lift our souls to another.

I feel like I have so much more to say about all of this, maybe I'll save it for another wednesday night, where I can do more than just scratch the surface of this. But remember, daily confess your sins, keep your hearts pure. I love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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