Lent: Time To Pray & Fast
blot out
my transgressions. Wash away
all my iniquity and cleanse
me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you,
you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. Surely I was
sinful
at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived
me. Yet you desired faithfulness even in the
womb; you taught me
wisdom
in that secret place.
May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will
delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings
offered whole; then bulls
will be offered on your altar. Psalms 51 NIV
God is Love 1John 4:16 and Jesus is Lord of Heaven and on Earth.
Cleanse
me with hyssop,
and I will be clean; wash me, and I will
be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy
and gladness; let the bones
you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out
all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O
God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast
me
from your presence or take your Holy Spirit
from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me.
Then I will teach
transgressors your ways, so that sinners
will turn back to you. Deliver
me
from the guilt of bloodshed,
O God, you who are God my
Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. Open my lips,
Lord, and my mouth will declare your
praise. You do not delight in sacrifice,
or I would bring it; you do not take
pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice,
O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
God is Love 1John 4:16 and Jesus is Lord of Heaven and on Earth.