Create Within Me a Clean Heart

[AudreyNicole]

So, first of all, I have to thank God. I had surgery yesterday... got 8 teeth removed... and the surgery went really well! Now, as I sit here looking like a chipmunk with holes in my mouth, I am praying that God would do something else for me.

A couple nights ago I was having a rough time dealing with some issues in my life and I asked for God to show me a Bible verse to cling to (whenever I'm dealing with difficult things I like to have Bible verses that help me through). Anyway, long story short, He brought this one to my attention: Psalm 51:10

Create within me a clean heart, oh God
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This verse speaks directly to what I am dealing with, and I am hoping it will help me to overcome this issue in my life and pull me through to the end of this trial. But I feel like I can't get to the end of the trial until I can overcome this issue.

So, my prayer is that the Lord would indeed create within a clean heart. One that is absent of my own desires and filled with His desires. I pray that He would take away everything that is not of Him-- all thoughts, wants, ideas, feelings-- and replace them with His perfect wants and desires for my life... so that way I can pursue righteous desires and goals and not waste my time pursuing my own futile carnal desires. There are things that I desire, but I don't know if God desires those things for me. And I don't want to waste valuable heart space with my own nonsense desires.... also I can't overcome these desires without His help, I can't do it on my own. So, I ask that anyone and everyone would also pray with me, and hopefully I can overcome this little speed bump, and be through this trial sooner than later!

Thanks!

 

[Brighthouse]

Amen!! You are in my prayers and please look at what the Lord in me told sheep.This goes as well for you dear sister! We have hope,because we keep hope through our Jesus!! amen!

 

[rlowe]

Praying for you, Audrey Nichole.

When there are things that I desire, but I don't know if God desires those things for me, I ask God to "either fulfill our desires or change mine to His".

 

[AudreyNicole]

Praying for you, Audrey Nicole.

When there are things that I desire, but I don't know if God desires those things for me, I ask God to "either fulfill our desires or change mine to His".

Thanks for this reassurance. This is the prayer I pray and have been praying for many months... that God would change my desires to match His. I was just wondering though, is there any promise that He will do this?

I have many verses I cling to for support, but I've not found one yet that really says the Lord WILL change wrong desires.

Is it possible that He could let me want the wrong thing just to teach me a lesson or something?

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

I have many verses I cling to for support, but I've not found one yet that really says the Lord WILL change wrong desires.

There's this:

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I wanted a Chevy until I saw a Ferrari.
You don't know the desires of your heart.
He will show you and when you see them you will know and you will forget your old desires.