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The Biblical Understanding of the Heart
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John Piper & Justin Taylor
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Proverbs 4:23, Genesis 4:3–7, Ezekiel 36:26 , Luke 6:43-45 , Matthew 15:18-19, Psalm 51:10
When the Bible uses the term heart , it means the causal core of your personhood. The heart is your directional system. The heart is your steering wheel. Your behavior isn’t caused by the situati...
scripture guide

Scripture Guide, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
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Scott B. Bullock
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Matthew 6:1-6, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Matthew 23:4, 5, 13-36, Mark 12:42, Luke 21:2, Isaiah 58:6, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? "Hear O Israel..." The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) commands the Israelites to love the Lord their God with heart, soul, and m...
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Augustine of Hippo
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- Purity Of Heart
- Intentions
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.
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Augustine of Hippo
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- Purity Of Heart
- Innocence
The so-called innocence of children is more a matter of weakness of limb, than purity of heart.
liturgy

Where there is hypocrisy in our life,
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Laura B. Murray
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Where there is hypocrisy in our life, please name it. Where we practice deception, please bring truth. In your goodness, meet us and heal us that we might be pure in heart and see you.
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2 Peter 3:14 & 18
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2 Peter 3:14, 2 Peter 3:18
Therefore, beloved, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the d...
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Martin Luther
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- Purity Of Heart
Christ … wants to have the heart pure, though outwardly the person may be a drudge in the kitchen, black, sooty, and grimy, doing all sorts of dirty work. Though a common labourer, a shoemaker or a bl...
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Søren Kierkegaard
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
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Ash Wednesday
Author

Scott B. Bullock
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Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Matthew 23:4, 5, 13-36, Mark 12:42, Luke 21:2, Isaiah 58:6, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
AIM Commentary Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? "Hear O Israel..." The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) commands the Israelites to love the Lord their God with h...
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Jesus, we receive your blessings and
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Psalm 51:10, Ephesians 4:23-24, 2 Samuel 12:1-14, John 7:37-38, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 5:3-4, Psalm 51:10
Jesus, we receive your blessings and pray for the Holy Spirit to make them real in our lives. Renew a right spirit within us, a poor spirit, a spirit that knows our deep need of your grace and deliver...
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Inspired by Ezekiel 37:1-14 (1)
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Ezekiel 37:1-14
Lifeless are our prayers. Dry and brittle are our spirits. Like Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones, we are a people without the sinews of goodness, the flesh of holiness, and the breath of righteousness. W...
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Adapted from Psalm 73:1–28
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Psalm 73:1-28
Prayer of Confession All: Certainly God is good to his people, to those pure in heart, but as for me, I nearly stumbled; I nearly lost my sure footing. I struggle with envy as I look at the those in ...
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Author

John R. W. Stott
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- Purity Of Heart
- The Beatitudes
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Matthew 5:null
Nevertheless, it is plain from the rest of Jesus’ teaching that the kingdom of God is a present reality which we can ‘receive’, ‘inherit’ or ‘enter’ now. Similarly, we can obtain mercy and comfort now...
scripture guide

Scripture Guide, Psalm 51:1-17 (Guide A)
Author

Jin Cho
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Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:null, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:4, 2 Samuel 12:null
Introduction Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of penitence, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of resurrection. The season of Len...
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Gracious God, our hearts are often
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Laura B. Murray
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Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Matthew 5:8, Romans 7:21-23, James 4:8, Ezekiel 36:26, 1 John 3:3, Psalm 73:1, Psalm 24:3-4, Matthew 15:19-20, Romans 12:2, Psalm 139:23-24, Titus 1:15, James 1:2-8, Matthew 12:25
Gracious God, our hearts are often divided between what is good and what is evil. Not one of us is pure in heart yet we long to have a whole heart.
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Dirty Boots
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The Pastor's Workshop
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Proverbs 13:4, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Matthew 25:14-30, Philippians 3:13-14, James 1:22-25, 1 John 1:9, James 5:16
Pope John Paul I recounted a story about Jonathan Swift and his servant. One morning at an inn, Swift asked his servant why his boots hadn’t been cleaned. The servant replied, “I didn’t see the point,...
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Adapted from Psalm 51:10-12
Author

Chip Hardwick
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Psalm 51:10-12
Leader: Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew right spirits within us. People: Cast us not away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from us. Leader: Restore to us the joy of...
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Adapted from Psalm 51:1-2, 8-12
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Psalm 51:1-2, Psalm 51:8-12
All: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! Let me hea...
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Thomas à Kempis
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
scripture guide

Scripture Guide, Psalm 51
Author

Jin Cho
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Psalm 51:, Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:4, 2 Samuel 12:
The Broken Heart Bonus Content: Video prep session with Jin Cho on Psalm 51 . Password: Bn*=61p! Introduction Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of p...
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Collect for Purity
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John 4:7-26, Isaiah 6:1-8, Revelation 4:11, Matthew 22:37, Ezekiel 36:26-27
Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you,...
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Mother Teresa
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- Purity Of Heart
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautifu...
liturgy

Adapted from James 4:8, 10
Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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James 4:8, Proverbs 3:34, Matthew 11:28-30, 1 John 1:9, Psalm 51:17
Leader: Come near to God and he will come near to you. People: Wash your hands and purify your hearts. Leader: Grieve your sins and you will be forgiven. People: Humble yourselves befo...
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Henry Drummond
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- Purity Of Heart
Become pure in heart. The pure in heart shall see God. Here, then, is one opening for soul-culture--the avenue through purity of heart to the spiritual seeing of God.
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Adapted from Psalm 51 (BOCP)
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Psalm 51:1-13
Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; in your great compassion blot out my offenses. People: Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. F...
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John Henry Newman
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Psalm 51:6-12
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Psalm 51:6-12
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness...
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James A. Baldwin
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- Purity Of Heart
- Motivations
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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Lord Jesus Christ, you taught us that
Author

Chip Hardwick
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Matthew 5:1-12
Lord Jesus Christ, you taught us that those who mourn will be comforted. Too often we fail to offer that comfort. You taught that the meek will inherit the earth, yet we often take advantage of those ...
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Author

John Hagee
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- Purity Of Heart
- Conflict
A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.