Study7B...One of the best ways to keep walking in the straight and narrow way is to be regularly introspective. This involves being sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s conviction, being humble in reading the Word
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Study7B... Search my heart ,oh God
Psalm139:23-24
David is quick to understand and admit that he is prone (as we all are) to hidden sins (see Psalm 19:12), errors of heart of which we are not yet aware. Once we become aware of them, we need to deal with them, and it is David who sets an example of being proactive in this process. Rather than waiting for sin to happen and the consequences to result, David asks God to show him where his faults might lie.
2 . When we should pray this prayer
(1) When we come to the Lord’’s Table. Turn to 1 Corinthians 11:28.
(2) When we are experiencing prosperity. Why? Because at such a time we are likely to become spiritually slack –- read Psalm 62:10 and Psalm 119:67.
(3) When we are experiencing adversity. Why? Because it could be the Lord’’s loving chastening in order to bring us back into the line of His will –- look up Hebrews 12:6-11.
(4) When our service seems fruitless and barren. The Lord’’s will is that we should bring forth fruit –- look up John 15:16.
(5) When revival is needed in the Church. Read the whole of Psalm 85.
(6) When our prayers do not seem to gain the ear of God. Often we pray and our prayers do not seem to be answered –- read Psalm 66:18; Isaiah 59:1-2.
(7) When we find ourselves getting critical and careless and when we are very conscious that all is not well with our Christian life.
3 . How we should pray this prayer
(1) We should pray it in relation to ourselves. Notice how personal David’’s prayer was – – “Search me…”…” Look up 2 Samuel 12:7 and Matthew 26:21-22, and then compare Matthew 7:3.
(2) We should pray this prayer in private and in the light of God’’s Word. This is serious business and it is important to get alone with the Lord and with the open Bible. Then such a prayer will glorify God and bring blessings to us.
(3) We should pray this prayer with determination. It will show itself in three ways:
First, we shall admit what God reveals. If we are sincere we will immediately recognise anything He reveals in our lives which is grieving to Him.
Second, we shall confess and renounce what God reveals. If He shows us that we have a critical spirit, that we have been slandering some other Christian, or that we have taken something that does not belong to us, we shall be willing at once to confess the thing that is wrong and to renounce it and to rejoice in the truth of 1 John 1:9!
Third, we shall make restitution where this is required. If we have slandered someone we shall apologise to them; if our careless speaking has misrepresented them before others, we shall confess this; if we have taken something that does not belong to us we shall restore the stolen thing.
Notice how the prayer concludes –- ““Lead me in the way everlasting.”” This is the way of peace, joy, power and usefulness.
One of the best ways to keep walking in the straight and narrow way is to be regularly introspective. This involves being sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s conviction, being humble in reading the Word, and praying proactively for God to reveal character flaws that need to be rectified and sanctified. May we take it upon ourselves to pray as David did that God would search us and know us so that we could be sanctified and changed.
Will you pray this prayer, not only now but frequently?
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Study7B... Search my heart ,oh God
Psalm139:23-24
David is quick to understand and admit that he is prone (as we all are) to hidden sins (see Psalm 19:12), errors of heart of which we are not yet aware. Once we become aware of them, we need to deal with them, and it is David who sets an example of being proactive in this process. Rather than waiting for sin to happen and the consequences to result, David asks God to show him where his faults might lie.
2 . When we should pray this prayer
(1) When we come to the Lord’’s Table. Turn to 1 Corinthians 11:28.
(2) When we are experiencing prosperity. Why? Because at such a time we are likely to become spiritually slack –- read Psalm 62:10 and Psalm 119:67.
(3) When we are experiencing adversity. Why? Because it could be the Lord’’s loving chastening in order to bring us back into the line of His will –- look up Hebrews 12:6-11.
(4) When our service seems fruitless and barren. The Lord’’s will is that we should bring forth fruit –- look up John 15:16.
(5) When revival is needed in the Church. Read the whole of Psalm 85.
(6) When our prayers do not seem to gain the ear of God. Often we pray and our prayers do not seem to be answered –- read Psalm 66:18; Isaiah 59:1-2.
(7) When we find ourselves getting critical and careless and when we are very conscious that all is not well with our Christian life.
3 . How we should pray this prayer
(1) We should pray it in relation to ourselves. Notice how personal David’’s prayer was – – “Search me…”…” Look up 2 Samuel 12:7 and Matthew 26:21-22, and then compare Matthew 7:3.
(2) We should pray this prayer in private and in the light of God’’s Word. This is serious business and it is important to get alone with the Lord and with the open Bible. Then such a prayer will glorify God and bring blessings to us.
(3) We should pray this prayer with determination. It will show itself in three ways:
First, we shall admit what God reveals. If we are sincere we will immediately recognise anything He reveals in our lives which is grieving to Him.
Second, we shall confess and renounce what God reveals. If He shows us that we have a critical spirit, that we have been slandering some other Christian, or that we have taken something that does not belong to us, we shall be willing at once to confess the thing that is wrong and to renounce it and to rejoice in the truth of 1 John 1:9!
Third, we shall make restitution where this is required. If we have slandered someone we shall apologise to them; if our careless speaking has misrepresented them before others, we shall confess this; if we have taken something that does not belong to us we shall restore the stolen thing.
Notice how the prayer concludes –- ““Lead me in the way everlasting.”” This is the way of peace, joy, power and usefulness.
One of the best ways to keep walking in the straight and narrow way is to be regularly introspective. This involves being sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s conviction, being humble in reading the Word, and praying proactively for God to reveal character flaws that need to be rectified and sanctified. May we take it upon ourselves to pray as David did that God would search us and know us so that we could be sanctified and changed.
Will you pray this prayer, not only now but frequently?
For more package,visit our blog:segoeevangelism1992.blogspot.com and also you can click on the link attached.
For support and testimony: segoeevangelism1992@gmail.com
Follow us on Facebook via;
https://mobile.facebook.com/segoeevangelism/
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God bless you.
Endeavor to share...
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