{"id":614,"date":"2025-09-01T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=614"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:56:03","slug":"september-1-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-a-clean-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-1-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-a-clean-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTEMBER 1\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014 Prayer for a Clean Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. \u201c \u00a0Psalm 51:10<\/em><\/p>\n

Today let\u2019s pray for a Clean Heart.\u00a0 Living in this sinful world, each day we may need to examine ourselves and ask the Lord to cleanse us from any worldly dust we may have picked up.\u00a0 We may need to seek the Lord and ask Him to show us what might have infiltrated our heart that is not of Him.\u00a0 We may need to knock on Heaven\u2019s throne room door to request the Lord\u2019s help in this matter, for we want to always keep our heart clean and upright.<\/p>\n

For, as it says in Proverbs 20:9,\u00a0 “Who can say, \u201cI have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\n<\/em>No one can say that unless they are in Christ and have repented of their sins and have been clothed with His righteousness. Therefore, each day we live and walk in this world we may need to ask the Lord as David did in Psalm 51:10 : \u00a0\u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. \u201c <\/em><\/p>\n

A Prayer for a Clean Heart–<\/u> Psalm 19:12-14
\nDear Lord,
\nHow can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cleanse me from these hidden faults. Keep your servant from deliberate sins!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. <\/em><\/p>\n

Have a blessed day, walking in His presence with a Clean Heart.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. \u201c \u00a0Psalm 51:10 Today let\u2019s pray for a Clean Heart.\u00a0 Living in this sinful world, each day we may need to examine ourselves and ask the Lord to cleanse us from any worldly dust we may have picked up.\u00a0 We…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[948],"tags":[949,336,3,950,954,953,952,334,3308,30,32],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-seek-knock","tag-ask-seek-knock","tag-clean-heart","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-daily-prayer","tag-pray","tag-proverbs-209","tag-psalm-1912-14","tag-psalm-5110","tag-september-2025","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ASK-SEEK-KNOCK-1-Psalm-51.10.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":780,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-30-ask-seek-knock-pray-for-an-alert-mind-and-a-thankful-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":614,"position":0},"title":"SEPTEMBER 30\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014Pray For an Alert Mind and a Thankful Heart","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"September 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 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