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Today’s Message, Authored By David Abankwah Is Entitled As, A CLEAN HEART
And Our Main Text Is Taken From Psalms 51:10, The New King James Version.
Create in me a CLEAN HEART, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Further Scriptural Reading: Matthew 5:18
One day, in a heavily crowded place, a young man began shouting. ‘People, look at me. I have the most beautiful heart in the world.’ Many people looked at him and were stunned to see his beautiful heart in perfect shape, without any flaw. It looked quite amazing. Most of the people who saw his heart was mesmerized by the beauty of his heart and praised him. However, there came an old man who challenged the young man, ‘No my son, I have got the most beautiful heart in the world!’ The young man said to him, ‘Show me your heart, then!’ The old man showed his heart to him. It was very rough, uneven, and had scars all over. In addition, the heart was not in shape as it ought to be.
It appeared like bits and pieces joined in various colours. There were some rough edges; some parts were removed, and fitted with other pieces. The young man started laughing, and asked, ‘My dear old man, are you mad? See, my heart! How beautiful and flawless it is. You cannot find even a bit of imperfection in my heart. See, yours? It is full of scars, wounds, and blemishes. How can you say your heart is beautiful? The old man said, ‘Dear boy, my heart is just as beautiful as your heart is.’ ‘Did you see the scars? Each scar represents the love I shared with a person. I share a piece of my heart with others. When I share love, I get a piece of heart in return, and I fix it at the torn place.
The young man was shocked. The old man continued, ‘Since the pieces of heart I shared were neither equal nor in the same shape or size, my heart is full of uneven edges, bits, and pieces. My heart is not in shape because sometimes I do not get love in return from those to whom I gave it. Your heart that looks fresh and full with no scars indicates that you never shared love with anybody. Isn’t that true?’ The young man stood still and did not speak a word. Tears rolled down his cheeks. He walked to the old man, tore a piece of his heart and gave the piece to the old man. A clean heart is not the heart that has never been offended before, but it is the one that keeps forgiving.
A clean heart is not a heart that hasn’t been offended before. A clean heart is not a heart that is beautiful like the young man. A clean heart is a heart of a new born baby. That is why the kingdom is for children and not adults. An impure heart is the heart of an adult that has stored up sin, offences, and bitterness. A clean heart is the kind of heart Jesus Christ expects His children, thus every believer to have. If Jesus Christ does not have a clean heart, all of us would have been dead by now. If we are not able to free our hearts from all unforgiveness and bitterness, we can never see God (Matthew 5:18) and our sins will never be forgiven when we offend God (Matthew 6:12).
Prayer Diary
1. Lift up prayers for the conversion of your hardened heart into the heart of flesh.
2. Lift up prayers onto God to create a clean heart in you, the church members, your family members, your loved ones and enemies.
3. Lift up prayers onto the Lord to renew a steadfast spirit within you.
4. Lift up prayers to be delivered from all bitterness that corrupts your mind, heart and soul in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quote
“Cleanliness of heart is what makes God perceptible to the soul’s spiritual eyes”
Stay Blessed
Shalom
David Abankwah 