Dear Ones,
May you wake to a peace filled day. This morning, I plan to bake cookies and go to my exercise class and then craft class this afternoon.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Recently while having my quiet time with the Lord, the song began playing in my heart that comes from the scripture Psalm 139:23-24, which David wrote. (verse one)
  1. Search me, O God, and know my heart today,
    Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray;
    See if there be some wicked way in me;
    Cleanse me from every sin, and set me free.
  2. I praise Thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;
    Fulfill Thy word and make me pure within;
    Fill me with fire, where once I burned with shame;
    Grant my desire to magnify Thy name.
  3. Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine;
    Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine;
    Take all my will, my passion, self and pride;
    I now surrender, Lord, in me abide.
  4. O Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee;
    Send a revival, start the work in me;
    Thy Word declares Thou wilt supply our need;
    For blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.

You have probably sung this song written by James Edwin Orr in 1936 after a revival took place when he preached in New Zealand. He was only 24 at the time and so many people came to know the Lord that he had to have midnight services to accommodate all of them. The key was the public confession of sins, and believers reconciling with one another. The revival spread across this whole nation as the Holy Spirit moved with great power. As James was leaving to go home, 4 Maori girls sang to him their native song of farewell. He was taken by the tune that he wrote the words of this song on an envelope and later it became the very song we sing today.

Perhaps these words can touch us deeply today as we ask the Lord to search our hearts and cleanse our very thoughts. He wants to set us free and fill us with His love, but we need to surrender each day our will, passion, self and pride. May revival start with us and spread far and wide.

Challenge for today: Ask the Lord to see your own heart’s need for cleansing and to send His purifying fire to burn away all that is not of Him.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy