Step 3

“Lord,

Show Me My

HEART!”

Bible Verse:   “Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.”  Psalm 26:2.

1) This is a prayer that will always be answered!

2) Blaise Pascal: "As soon as we venture out along the pathway of self-knowledge, what we discover is that man is desperately trying to avoid self-knowledge. The need to escape oneself explains why many people are miserable when they are not preoccupied with work, or amusement, or vices. They are afraid to be alone lest they get a glimpse of their own emptiness... For if we could face ourselves, with all our faults, we would then be so shaken out of complacency, triviality, indifference, and pretense that a deep longing for strength and truth would be aroused within us. Not until man is aware of his deepest need is he ready to discern and grasp what can meet his deepest need."  

3) Luther: “The righteous man is one who accuses himself first.  On the contrary, those who set up their own righteousness and excuse themselves for their sins (like Saul, like Adam and Eve) do not judge themselves or accuse themselves but think they are doing well and are pleased with themselves and love themselves and their own life in this world. But as the righteous man is the first to accuse himself, so the ungodly man is the first to defend himself.”