Create in me a clean heart,O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
~ Psalm 51:10
Written by the psalmist David after his sin with Bathsheba. Why would he need a clean heart? What does the Bible have to say about our hearts?
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Psalm 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs 28:26A He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
We need to guard our hearts. Check and see if we are believing lies from the enemy. Stay in the Word and keep ourselves pure. The wonderful thing is God forgives.