My prayer is from Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me!” Clean hands. He finds pleasure in His kids when they desire to please Him. Let me suggest that hands are made clean through the process of putting off the natural man and by overcoming sin and the evil influences in our lives through the Savior’s Atonement. We get to sit at the “adult” table where the benefits are so many. Please notice that both clean hands and a pure heart are required to ascend into the hill of the Lord and to stand in His holy place. We do our best to keep our hands and hearts pure and clean, because the rewards for being God’s good kids are so great. Those are the hands and hearts who know better than to allow the stains and dirtiness of the world – lying, dishonesty, cheating, envying, complaining, and deceiving – to “mess up” our relationship with God. Of course all those ways help our physical and mental thoughts, but when we let God use His super-powerful cleaning system do the work in us, then we’ll show up with those “clean hands and pure hearts”.Ĭlean hands and pure hearts. Supplemental Passage: Jas 4:8b Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded. How can we clean up our hearts? There are many ways: medications, self-help books, therapy, counseling, and mental affirmations. Message Point: We must have clean hands and pure hearts to come before God. Psalm 24:3, 4 says “Who may climb the mountain of the Lord and enter where He lives? Who may stand before the Lord? ONLY THOSE WITH CLEAN HANDS AND PURE HEARTS, who do not practice dishonesty and lying.”Ĭlean hands. But, really – I’m not talking about those little dirty hands. And, many of us carry little bottles of hand sanitizer. Today, even grocery or big box stores, provide antibacterial wipes to clean off that grocery cart before you use it. We do pretty well with keeping our hands clean. Now, that we’re all grown up - we know better. It took some repetitive correcting and maturing for them to finally learn to use a napkin or washcloth to wipe away the evidence.
Those were the times when those little ones had no idea of what those little finger prints could do. They were placed there by some little person that we loved.
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Little chocolate, play dough or muddy hands had left their imprint. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully. No sooner do we get those glass doors cleaned, than a little one comes along and puts his hands all over the door again. We’ve all found little finger prints on our glass doors or windows or walls. The above benefit is the most important benefit of having a pure heart, which must motivate you to keep your heart holy, pure and undefiled from the evil pollutions of this world.