#Clean hands pure heart psalm full#

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. The one who has clean hands and a pure heart is spoken of in Psalm 24 as one who is able to ascend the mountain of the Lord and enter into his holy place. Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. Do not let them depart from your sight Keep them in the midst of your heart. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. My son, give attention to my words Incline your ear to my sayings. NKJV, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Third Edition, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Kingdom Equipping Through the Power of the Word. Guard Your Hearts: “Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.” (Ps 119:11)Ī. But the LORD said to Samuel, 'Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.' ( 1 Samuel 16:7 NASB)

#Clean hands pure heart psalm full#

'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Outward Beauty “Society today is more focused on the outward appearance than the condition of their hearts. God desires the truth in the inward parts Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Inward Purity 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. He continued to debate his case until finally the medical field listened. The hospital and doctors raised a stink and did the only thing they knew to do…they fired Dr. He began a crusade for washing the hands between procedures but whether you can believe it or not…it fell on deaf ears. Phillip began to observe that doctors went from autopsies of cadavers in the morgue to birthing babies-without washing their hands. When the baby died they called it “The Childbed Fever.” Vienna General called it “bad luck.” Blame went everywhere, especially onto the foreign doctors until Dr. The psalm ends with a call to open the gates and let the King of Glory come in. The reward for such individuals is blessings and righteousness. The response outlines the virtues of clean hands, pure heart, and a truthful spirit. Phillip Semmelweis became the assistant obstetrician at Vienna General. These verses consider the question of who is worthy to stand in God's holy place. Introduction: The death rate of babies born at Vienna General Hospital was five times higher that that of woman who had their babies at home. Supplemental Passage: Jas 4:8b “Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Message Point: We must have clean hands and pure hearts to come before God.