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  Day 21: “Pure Hearts”   “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalms 51:10 NIV (See also Matthew 5:8)     Those who are truly “pure,” then, are those who have been declared innocent because of the work of Jesus and who are being sanctified by His refining fire and His pruning.   Being pure in heart involves having a singleness of heart toward God. A pure heart has no hypocrisy, no deceit, no hidden motives. The pure heart is marked by transparency and an uncompromising desire to please God in all things. It is more than an external purity of behavior; it is an internal purity of soul.   The only way we can be truly pure in heart is to give our lives to Jesus and ask Him to do the cleansing work. God is the one who makes our hearts pure – by the sacrifice of His Son and through His sanctifying work in our lives.   “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” Psalms 51:...

  Day 11: “A Glorious Inheritance”   “[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son]. And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),” Ephesians 1:17-18 AMP   Paul prayed that the Father would grant the Ephesians the spirit of wisdom and that He would give them revelation . But these are not so they may see into the lives of others, have the ability to predict events, or do what we commonly think of as “prophet stuff.” He wanted them to have the spirit of wisdom and revelation ...

  Day 6: “Our wild and free spirits” is our prompt for today.   “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:6-7 NIV   Timothy was a gifted, valuable man for the kingdom of God; but he seems to have had a timid streak in him. For this reason, Paul often encouraged him to be strong and bold.   “Stir up the gift of God which is in you;" be bold, get going, go for it. Some have gifts given to them by God, but those gifts are neglected. They need to be stirred up and put into action.   Stir u p has the idea of stirring up a fire to keep it burning bright and strong; a fire left to itself will always burn out, but God wants us to keep our gifts burning strong for Him.   “The Greek anazopureo ( stir up ) means either ‘to kindle afresh’ or ‘to keep in full flame’. T...