Dangerous Prayers #1

SEARCH ME

SEARCH ME

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

SEARCH MY HEART.

Search me, God, and know my heart…

Psalm 139:23a ESV

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? NLT

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

REVEAL MY FEARS.

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Psalm 139:23 ESV

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

What we fear the most reveals where we trust God the least.

UNCOVER MY SINS.

See if there is any offensive way in me....

Psalm 139:24 ESV

24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

What are others trying to tell me?

What have I rationalized for some time?

Where am I most defensive?

LEAD ME.

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:24 ESV

24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23–24 ESV

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! 24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!