Pure Hearts

One of my favorite Bible verses is Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” I love this verse for many reasons. Really if you think about it, having a pure heart makes life a whole lot easier. Having your heart set on God doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. When I think of having a pure heart I think of someone who truly loves God and His work. 

You have to want to have a pure heart to have a pure heart. I love the verse Psalm 51:10 ““Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” David longed to have a pure or clean heart. We all know David was not perfect, but he still had a heart for God. We need to too. 

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

2 Timothy 2:15 

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