BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART - WOMEN IN THE WORD WEDNESDAY AND TRANSFORMING THURSDAY

THIS IS A 2 DAY POST:

Read the following 2 scriptures, both written to / about young men, yet both scriptures apply to all of us:  men and women, old and young...

PSALM 119:9-10

"How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.

With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments."

1 TIMOTHY 1:5

"But the goal of our instruction

 is love

 from a pure heart 

and a good conscience 

and a sincere faith."

 Let's change it up for women:

"How can a woman keep her way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.

With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments."

"But the goal of our instruction

 is love

 from a pure heart 

and a good conscience 

and a sincere faith."

 

 Now, let's really make it personal:

(Your name), how can I keep my way pure?
By keeping it according to God's word.

God, with ALL my heart I want to really begin seeking You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments.

  I understand that the goal of Your word's instruction

 is love 

(as You define in 1 Corinthians 13:

patient, kind, not jealous, not bragging... 

rejoicing, believing, hoping, enduring...), 

 from a pure heart 

(Following Your word! 

Seeking You completely! 

Staying focused!)

and a good conscience 

 (as You've explained in 1 Peter 3:21:

 ...baptism now saves you—

not the removal of dirt from the flesh, 

but an appeal to God for a good conscience—

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..."

and a sincere faith.

(as You've explained in Hebrews 11: 

assured, hopeful, 

convicted, approving, 

understanding, seeing the unseen...) 

 

 LORD, 

I ask You to transform me 

with the heart surgery that only comes

by Your word... Your Spirit...

BLESSED!  OH, THE JOY!