Day 1 – Pure Heart
Create in me a pure heart, O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51: 10-12 NIV
Today’s passage begins with David asking God to create a clean heart with-in him. As you go through your first day of focused prayer, ask God to create a pure heart with-in you. Do you have unconfessed sin you need to work out with God? Ask Him to reveal any sin that may come between the two of you. Then spend time working through today’s study.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for the quiet moments to spend in His Presence.
Focus
Ask God to remove distractions so you may focus your heart and mind on Him.
God’s Revelation through His Word
Are there words or phrases that stand out to you? Circle or underline the word or phrase in your Bible that stand out to you. Are there spiritual lessons, truths or principles that you can learn? Is God asking you to act? In your journal write out what you sense God is asking you to do.
Prayer
Pray God’s Words back to Him, making it personally applicable to you. Is God asking you to do something? Talk with Him about it. Do you have a specific concern? Lay it at the foot of The Cross.
In His Calm,
This series At The Cross is part of the Write 31 Days series. Write 31 Days is an online writing challenge hosted by Crystal Stine where bloggers pick one topic and write a post on that topic every day in October. Click here to see all the posts in the series At The Cross.
