“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit
within me… Restore to me the joy of your salvation…” Psalm 51:10-12 (NIV)
For a true child of
God sin is a heavy burden that robs us of our special intimacy with our
Father, but the relationship can be restored easily.
In Psalm 51 King David
threw himself on the mercy of God with a genuine confession and appeals for
forgiveness, a clean heart, and renewed joy in the Lord. We can do likewise when we sin. God
will forgive us also and restore our freedom to enjoy Him again.
We have a heavenly Father who is both
merciful and faithful; to remain distant from Him is to suffer needlessly.
Prayer and
Thanksgiving: Holy Father, we thank you for being a faithful and merciful God;
we thank you that your love for us is steadfast and your compassion is without
measure. We confess our sins of commission and omission that grieve your Holy
Spirit and we ask you to forgive us and cleanse us; to restore us and make us
to know your joy again. Father, increase our desire to love you more so that we sin less. You are our rock and our salvation. To you, Father, be dominion
and power for ever and ever. Amen.
Always by God’s Word and prayer,
Cecile
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