Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right[a] spirit within me. —Psalm 51:10
The Struggle of the Spiritual Life
A Three Front Battle Against The World, The Flesh, And The Devil
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. —Matthew 13:22
41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” —Matthew 26:41
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.[a] —Matthew 6:13
An Essential Quality Of The Returning Heart
An Inner Honesty About The Attitudes That Got You Into Sin In The First Place
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. —1 Samuel 16:13
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[a] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” —John 3:3
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin….9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. —John 1:7, 9