“Search me, O God, and know my heart today; try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray. See if there be some wicked way in me; cleanse me from every sin and set me free.”
“I praise thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin; fulfill thy Word and make me pure within. Fill me with fire where once I burned with shame; grant my desire to magnify thy name. Lord, take my life and make it wholly thine, fill my poor heart with thy great love divine. Take all my will, my passion, self, and pride; I now surrender; Lord, in me abide.”
Help us Lord, to be tempted and not fall into sin. Amen!
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan; come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations, and as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save, through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen. (BCP
“Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; you belong to Jesus, children of the Lord. Christ is kind and gentle, Christ is pure and true, and his little children must be holy too.”
“There’s a wicked spirit watching round you still, and he tries to tempt you to all harm and ill. But you must not hear him, though it’s hard for you, to resist the evil and the good to do.” This was one of my favorite Sunday School hymns and is so appropriate for the Lenten Season.
Purge me from my sin and I shall be pure. Wash me and I shall be clean indeed. Psalm 51:8
“Are you washed in the blood, in the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb? Are your garments spotless are they white as snow, are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
You cannot repent of what you will not confess.
If we say we have no sin the truth i not in us, but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Let today be the day you give up who you are and focus more on who you could become over the next forty days.
Ash Wednesday blessings to you. As we begin this forty-day Lenten journey, may we be strengthened to carry our crosses, encouraged to walk in God’s goodness, be diligent in prayer, reflection, and fasting, and may we seriously consider our ways, and strive to live a more godly and sober life, so that we could be changed in the image and likeness of Christ.
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” 1 John 4:14
“Please, sir,” the woman said, “Give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.”
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him. John 7:38
“On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.”
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:3
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”