Renew the Fire Within
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.—Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.—Matthew 7:5 (NKJV)
It’s been said that many of the flaws you find in others are your own flaws reflected in them. When you are being judgmental of someone in your life, look to yourself. Ask God to show you the “plank in your eye” and to to help you focus on your own spiritual healing and growth.
Heavenly Father, help me be a better person. Show me the plank in my eye.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.—Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.—Psalm 147:3 (NIV)
The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands.—Deuteronomy 28:12 (NIV)
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