Look up Nehemiah 4:10 and Lamentations 3:40.

It is so easy for us to let wrong things in and to harbour them. Why we should pray this prayer There is one answer: because our hearts and lives quickly get cluttered up with dirt, dust and rubbish. Do you desire to go on with the Lord? Are you hungry for His best?ġ. (4) He prays as one who is hungry for God and who wants to go on with God. This prayer reminds us of Matthew 5:6.(3) He shows courage, sincerity and humility. No-one can pray this prayer lightly, insincerely or with a proud heart.David prays that God will ransack him and search him to see if there is any hidden sin, anything that grieves Him. The word ‘search’ means to ‘ransack’ it reminds us of a policeman with a search warrant, the searching look of a loved one, or of the searchlight which penetrates the darkness and reveals the enemy. (2) He asks God to search him through and through. He prays for searching of his heart, his thoughts and for such an intimate inspection that if there is any “offensive way” this will be revealed.No psychiatrist knows our hearts or our minds, but the Lord Himself is the searcher of hearts and knows us intimately and accurately. (1) He addresses God. God is the only one who really knows our hearts (Psalm 139:1-4).See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting”?Notice four things about David’s prayer:. Study 7 THE PRAYER FOR SEARCHING OF HEARTīy Francis Dixon Scripture Portion: Psalm 139: 23-24 Have you ever prayed the prayer which forms the theme of this study - “Search me, O God, and know my heart test me and know my anxious thoughts. “Our Daily Bread” The Daily Devotions of Greg Laurie Written by Francis Dixon for “Words of Life Ministries” Original post

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