1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings to delight you;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
I've been talking to God recently about why cant life be simply to worship and praise u. Nth to do with world, but everything to do with God. Since I received Christ, I've always been looking forward to service because it is then that I really feel closer to God. It is not suppose to be like this leh. I wanna be a Monday christian as well. But its difficult, because once I got home or outta church, everything and ppl around me are all very worldly. Luckily I still have the crazy at ARC.
Anyway, for me, there are alot of distractions. Msn, surfing the net, music, TV, and just pure slacking. It feels like the presence of God has not followed me outta church leh, as if I left God at hall 10 lidat. Crap lo.. Verse 11 "Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me" spoke to me in this way so that I need to always remember God's words and to give thanks for every little things and situations that I am in. Let's be a fundamental christian, remembering God in bad and good circumstances.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. I am super in need for the encouragement from this verse cos i really need a steadfast spirit. Fasting and praying proved to be quite a challenge. The fasting of meals quite ok budden praying for an hr a day is quite woohooooooo... I always do it at night and I'll be tired by then. I pray that I'll persevere, especially when I start practicum next week when I have to wake up crazily, groggily, eye-bagly and small eyely at 5.30pm! God, I really need strength to carry on the 40 days.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Love this verse cos it brought me back to the times when I'm still under baohui and when I first know God. The closeness with God and the fire that I had was indescribable! woohooooo... Every service pia to the front during worship leh.. wah! Lord I pray u'll indeed restore to me the joy of your salvation once again, and to sustain me throughout the practicum and the tiring days!
"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things" ~ Colossians 3:2
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