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Psalm 51:10-12 - Getting Right With God.

Psalm 51:10-12 (ESV) Create in me a clean 
heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 
11 Cast me not away from your presence, and 
take not your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to 
me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me 
with a willing spirit.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

God Turns Messes into Masterpieces
   One day, God had a message for a prophet 
named Jeremiah. He told him to go to a potter's 
house and watch the potter make clay pots. 
   As Jeremiah watched the potter molding 
and fixing the clay, he noticed something: 
"Whenever the pot the potter was working on turned out 
badly, as sometimes happens when you are working 
with clay, the potter would simply start over and 
use the same clay to make another pot" (Jeremiah 
18:4 The Message). 
After Jeremiah saw this object lesson, God 
gave him a message for Israel: Watch this 
potter. In the same way that this potter works his 
clay, I work on you (Jeremiah 18:6 The 
Message). 
   You may have really made a mess of your 
life. Your pot is scarred from poor 
decisions that you made and things that were done to 
you. As a result, your life has not turned out as 
you intended. 
   But you are the clay; youre not the 
potter. God is the potter, and he doesn't discard 
clay that's been misshapen by circumstances. He 
doesn't waste the pain that you've been through. 
   God doesn't throw out the personality and 
the essence of who he created you to be. 
Instead, he takes every part of you - the good, the 
bad, and the ugly. He puts it all in his gentle 
but strong hands. And then he starts over with 
shaping your life, applying pressure at just the 
right places to mold you and remake you into a 
beautiful, priceless piece of art. 
   That's what happens when you surrender 
yourself completely to God's loving hands. 
   God specializes in fresh starts. You can 
have a new beginning today, simply by starting 
with King Davids prayer in Psalm 51:10: "God, 
make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week 
from the chaos of my life" (The Message). 
   It's never too late to start over. Bring 
whatever chaos is in your life to God, the Great 
Potter. Trust him to do a new work in your life. 
[Daily Devotional by Rick Warren: 
https://pastorrick.com/devotional/] 

COMMENTARY

Continuous Cleansing
   Billy Graham says Christian believers are 
human and vulnerable to sin and asks, "Why can't 
we simply admit it?" He points out no one lives 
without occasional sin, and though we must never 
grow complacent, "It is hypocritical to say 
otherwise."  
   Billy has plenty of support in Scripture 
that speaks to this complex issue. Paul admits in 
Romans he does what he hates, and John says if we 
say we don't sin we lie. Yet many other verses 
proclaim that we can have victory over sin. It's a 
lifelong struggle, and it's worth a thoughtful look 
at Scripture.  
         God's law was given so that all 
people could see how sinful they were.  
      But as people sinned more and more, 
God's wonderful grace became more  
      abundant. So just as sin ruled over 
all people and brought them to death,  
      now God's wonderful grace rules 
instead, giving us right standing with God  
      and resulting in eternal life through 
Jesus Christ our Lord ....  
         Well then, should we keep on 
sinning so that God can show us more and  
      more of his wonderful grace? Of course 
not! Since we have died to sin, how  
      can we continue to live in it? ... 
         Do not let sin control the way you 
live; do not give in to sinful  
      desires. Instead, give yourselves 
completely to God, for you were dead,  
      but now you have new life.... You live 
under the freedom of God's grace.  
      (Romans 5:20-21; 6:1-2, 12-14, NLT) 
   The apostle John writes in his first 
epistle, "If we are living in the light, as God is in 
the light, then we have fellowship with each 
other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us 
from all sin. If we claim we have no sin, we are 
only fooling ourselves and not living in the 
truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to 
cleanse us from all wickedness" (1 John 1:7-9, NLT). 
 
   Billy Graham says his wife, Ruth, 
reminded him that people who lived in the mountains 
near where the Grahams live used to put laundry 
in wooden cradles and then place them in a 
running creek for continuous cleansing.  
   Continuous cleansing. Something we all 
need.  
   Lord, you know everything about me, 
including all my thoughts and deeds. Let your 
cleansing stream flow through me so that what I see 
and what I think become fully in harmony with 
your thoughts and perspectives. [The One Year 
Book of Encouragement by Harold Myra] 

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS PASSAGE

Psalm 51:10-12 - Getting Right With God.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2014/20140805-2043.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

Most Important Decision in Life: 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGnEuGwvXqU?rel=0 

A Man without Equal by Bill Bright: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVa7UoruIo 

Steps to Peace by Billy Graham: 
https://stepstopeace.org/ 

Seeking God Made Real: 
http://vimeo.com/31489782 

Prayer Made Real: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8VdMV26VE 

Parable of the Sower - Open Heart Surgery by 
Ralph Ringer: https://vimeo.com/666314378 

LINKS FOR BIBLE STUDIES 

Lifting Up Jesus Bible Studies: 
http://www.liftingupjesus.net/ 

Amazing Facts Bible Studies: 
http://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/bible-study-guides.aspx  

Voice of Prophecy Discover Bible Study 
Guides: 
https://www.voiceofprophecy.com/study/discover 

Glow Tract Video Bible Studies: 
http://www.bibleresearch.info/ 

LINKS FOR BIBLE PROPHECY SEMINARS

Unlocking Bible Prophecies by Cami Oetman of 
Adventist World Radio: https://www.awr.org/bible 

Panorama of Prophecy with Pastor Doug 
Batchelor: https://www.panoramaofprophecy.com/  

Hope Awakens by John Bradshaw of IIW: 
https://itiswritten.tv/programs/hope-awakens 

Prophecies Decoded by Pastor Ron Clouzet: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A435C5373550657  

Islam and Christianity in Prophecy, The 
Third and Final Conflict by Tim Roosenberg: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSJB-fuHLU&list=PLWhQIHGTHlkaGg5Cwe3NDzWtFX8vNSpsE