It’s easy to see where I’m going with this. “If this glass gets tipped over, which is the easier one to clean up?” The kids all agreed…the clean water was the winner again. The second half of the lesson was more to the point. Of course, the kids all pointed to the glass of crystal clear water. Then we asked “Which would you rather drink?” The children watched as the dirt quickly contaminated the clean water. The first glass was left alone but to the second glass we added a scoop of dirt and gave it a good stir. We took two glasses of clean, drinkable water. Many years ago, when our children were younger, we used a very simple demonstration to compare a pure heart with a dirty heart. Every donation to the Canberra Declaration helps us promote prayer and make a stand for family, faith, freedom, life, and the good news of God’s love through Jesus Christ His Son.“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” Matthew 5:8 We invite you to support this prayer campaign to multiply prayer in Australia for revival and see millions come to Christ. Register here for the World Prayer Assembly. Pray for a global awakening for the world and billions to find Christ. Romans 10:1.Pray for awakening for Australia and millions to find Christ.Pray for a wave of the “knowledge of the glory of the LORD” to sweep the globe and the WPA in Australia on 3–6 October.She is currently leading the Young People Stream for the WPA with her husband. She works with a group of leaders across Perth to activate women into their kingdom purposes. Rosalyn is a mother of three and loves to serve the Church across Perth with her husband, Steve. Let my act of spiritual worship be pleasing to You. Thank You for Your blood, Jesus, that covers me. Rise up our generation to seek You, so that we would receive Your blessing and salvation. You have permission to steer me on your paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake. Give us wisdom to be able to steward what You desire to pour out. But it requires the clean hands and pure hearts of God’s sons and daughters to be ready to go out into His harvest field to love the lost and broken. This wave of glory will reap a great harvest. “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1) Paul writes these words about dedicating our whole self to the Lord so that we are completely His: He is looking for sons and daughters who will not lift their souls to another. He is looking for ones who can steward His glory. A walk that allows Him to sift the work of our hands and the desires of our hearts. This prayer to know and be known is a call for an intimate walk with Him. It’s a brilliant demonstration of the Father’s great love and workmanship that He steers me onto paths of righteousness.Īs we desire our families, workplaces, and neighbourhoods to know God and to be known by Him, He requests for it to first start with us. This season of repentance and new life has replaced my straw and wood with precious stones. In 1 Cor 3:12–13, Paul describes the quality of materials we should build with to withstand the fire of His judgement. He answered my prayer and gave me a renewed life! This was sparked by a time of prayer requesting my heavenly Father to cleanse my hands and purify my heart. Who shall stand at the city gates and declare that is time to lift up the ancient doors and let the King of glory take His rightful place? Answer: Those with clean hands and pure hearts.įor the past 18 months, I have been walking through a refining season. Preceding the “coming of the King of glory” in Psalm 24:7 is a challenge, a prerequisite, to stir a generation to seek the face of God. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.” “Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in His holy place? To cleanse our hands and purify our hearts so that we can carry the glory of God.
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