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Psalm 51:10 · WEB
10Create in me a clean heart, God. Renew a right spirit within me.
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Prayer for Confession & Examination
Searcher of hearts, examine me. Show me the places I've grown cold, the sins I've rationalized, the people I've hurt, the calling I've ignored. Not to shame me, but to free me. I confess: [Silence
Prayer: Macarius the Great on Prayer and the Heart
Teaching on Prayer from Macarius the Great: Macarius the Great on Prayer and the Heart
Atonement: Create in Me a Clean Heart (Psalm 51:10)
In Atonement, Briony Tallis tells a lie as a child that destroys two lives. She spends the rest of her life trying to atone—becoming a nurse, writing novels, seeking forgiveness. She cannot undo what
Mystic River: Only God Can Create Clean (Psalm 51:10)
In Mystic River, three childhood friends are bound together by a kidnapping that scarred them all. Dave, the victim, grows up haunted, his heart never fully clean. Jimmy and Sean grow up differently d
St. John Climacus on Purified Heart - Orthodox (Psalm 51:10)
"The clean heart sees God—this is theosis. Through repentance, through the Jesus Prayer, through ascetic struggle, the heart is purified. 'Create' is ongoing: God continually cleanses those who contin
Thomas Cranmer on Prayer Book Renewal - Anglican (Psalm 51:10)
"'Create and make in us new and contrite hearts'—so we pray in the Collect. Weekly, daily, we ask for cleansing. The liturgy forms us: confession, absolution, renewal. The clean heart is the praying h
Howard Thurman on Hearts Cleansed of Hatred - Black Church (Psalm 51:10)
"Create in me a clean heart—cleansed of hatred, cleansed of bitterness toward oppressors. The hardest cleansing is forgiving those who wound us. But hate corrodes the container; a heart full of vengea
John Wesley on Entire Sanctification - Wesleyan (Psalm 51:10)
"'Create in me a clean heart'—this is the prayer for entire sanctification. Not merely forgiveness but cleansing, not just pardon but purity. God can create a heart free from the dominion of sin, a he
John Calvin on Total Renewal - Reformed (Psalm 51:10)
"The heart is utterly corrupted; nothing less than creation will do. David asks God to do what only God can do: make new. This is not repair but recreation, not modification but transformation. Our de
Warren Wiersbe on New Covenant Hearts - Dispensational (Psalm 51:10)
"David prayed under the old covenant for what the new covenant provides: new hearts. Ezekiel promised it; Jeremiah foretold it; Christ accomplished it. In this dispensation of grace, the Spirit writes
Billy Graham on Personal Cleansing - Baptist (Psalm 51:10)
"'Create in ME a clean heart'—this is YOUR prayer. God will cleanse YOUR heart if YOU ask. It's personal: YOUR sin, YOUR confession, YOUR cleansing. No one else can ask for you; no one else can receiv
Charles Spurgeon on Divine Heart Surgery - Traditional (Psalm 51:10)
"'Create'—only God creates. The heart cannot cleanse itself; we need divine surgery. David asks not for improvement but new creation. Sin has corrupted the core; only the Creator can make it new. This
Gustavo Gutiérrez on Hearts for Justice - Liberation (Psalm 51:10)
"The clean heart sees injustice clearly and acts. Hearts corrupted by privilege are blind to the poor; cleansed hearts see and respond. David's sin was exploitation; his cleansing led to justice resto
Bill Johnson on Holy Spirit Renewal - Charismatic (Psalm 51:10)
"The Holy Spirit CREATES clean hearts! 'Renew a right spirit within me'—that's the SPIRIT'S work! Invite Him in! Let Him SEARCH you, CLEANSE you, FILL you! A Spirit-filled heart is a CLEAN heart! Enco
Walter Brueggemann on Transformed Hearts - Progressive (Psalm 51:10)
"David's sin was abuse of power—exploitation of Bathsheba, murder of Uriah. 'Create a clean heart' is the plea of the powerful who have misused power. The heart formed by empire needs re-creation. God
Karl Barth on Christ-Created Hearts - Christocentric (Psalm 51:10)
"The clean heart is created through Christ—His blood cleanses, His Spirit renews. David looked forward in hope; we look back in gratitude. The cross is where hearts are made clean; union with Christ i
Menno Simons on New Birth - Anabaptist (Psalm 51:10)
"The new birth creates a clean heart—truly regenerate, truly changed. This is not external reform but internal transformation. The new creation lives differently: peaceably, simply, in community. A cl
T.D. Jakes on Heart Transformation - Pentecostal (Psalm 51:10)
"God can CREATE in you a CLEAN heart! Not patch, not repair—CREATE! New! Fresh! The Holy Spirit does HEART SURGERY! Whatever mess is in there—guilt, shame, bitterness—GOD CAN CLEANSE IT! Ask Him! He's
Tim Keller on Heart and Witness - Missional (Psalm 51:10)
"Mission flows from a clean heart. Dirty hearts produce compromised witness; renewed hearts overflow with authentic testimony. David's restoration led to teaching transgressors God's ways. The clean h
Martin Luther on Grace Alone - Lutheran (Psalm 51:10)
"'Create'—this is grace language. We cannot clean our own hearts; we can only receive what God creates. David the king becomes David the beggar: 'Have mercy on me.' The clean heart is gift, not achiev
St. Augustine on Confessing Heart - Catholic (Psalm 51:10)
"The clean heart begins with confession—acknowledging what is unclean. Through the sacrament of reconciliation, God creates anew. The contrite heart He will not despise. Come to confession; receive ab