Psalm 26:2 New International Version (NIV)
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Test me, Lord, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind
"It is a mistake to assume conversion is merely an event: getting prayer at a Christian meeting, finally seeing the sense of the Bible, making some heroic gesture of faith in the midst of overwhelming difficulties. Conversion is not only an event but a process. We may become Christians just once, but we need to go on being Christians. And that means ongoing conversion to God’s way of thinking and acting.
Do we dare to utter the psalmist’s words for ourselves? To let God sort us out and convert us again and again to his ways? It is one thing to ask him for encouragement to be our best selves. It is another to invite him to reveal to us just what our best self might be." - David Reay
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Test me, Lord, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind
"It is a mistake to assume conversion is merely an event: getting prayer at a Christian meeting, finally seeing the sense of the Bible, making some heroic gesture of faith in the midst of overwhelming difficulties. Conversion is not only an event but a process. We may become Christians just once, but we need to go on being Christians. And that means ongoing conversion to God’s way of thinking and acting.
Do we dare to utter the psalmist’s words for ourselves? To let God sort us out and convert us again and again to his ways? It is one thing to ask him for encouragement to be our best selves. It is another to invite him to reveal to us just what our best self might be." - David Reay
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