Clean Once Again

We are asking God today to wash our hearts and lives because sin is more deadly than the flu, another strain of the covid virus, or the RSV virus we hear about on the news every day.

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.  Hebrews 10:22

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love You and worthily magnify Your holy name through Christ our Lord. 

(Anglican Collect for Purity - Thomas Cranmer )

Heavenly Father,  thank you so much for the Lord Jesus who died in our place so we could be washed and freed from our sins.  He gave His life so we could have life and live in loving relationship with You.  We will be forever grateful.

We acknowledge that our lives get dirtied up with thoughts and words and actions that are not motivated by love for You and love for others.  Some of us have been callous towards our neighbours and haven't lived responsibly as panic and fear overtook us. 

For Jesus' sake, forgive us and cleanse us once again.  We want to live right, freed from every kind of sin, totally committed to doing good deeds. 

You were cleanses; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

You have promised that if we confess our sin to You, You will forgive us and purify us from everything that isn't right.  So, we receive that forgiveness. 

Purify me from my sins and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:7

We step forward and make a new start in this new day to be the people You created us to be and to represent You well. Amen