Healthy life can be found in sacred books

Life is dependent on the air around us, and the quality of life is dependent on the quality of air. In an atmosphere of Torah and mitzvot there is healthy life. The first general step in healing is to purify the atmosphere, and is effected through the letters of Torah. When speaking words of Torah while in the store or walking in the street or riding the subway, one purifies the air...

- Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

Purify my heart

 
 "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;
he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.
Then the Lord Jehovah will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness..."
Malachi 3:3-4

 

'Purify my heart, let me be as gold
and precious silver.
Purify my heart, let me be as gold,
pure gold.

Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire
is to be holy, set apart for you, Lord.
I choose to be holy,
set apart for you, my master,
ready to do your will.

Purify my heart,
cleanse me from within and make me holy.
Purify my heart,
cleanse me from my sin, deep within.

Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire
is to be holy, set apart for you, Lord.
I choose to be holy,
set apart for you, my master,
ready to do your will'.

Brian Doerksen

 

Brian Doerksen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Cleaning up

When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.

Nehemiah 12:30, New International Version

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Reinigen van ons en anderen

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    God has placed each of us in a circle of influence. Before we try to "clean up" those around us, let's first offer ourselves to God to be consecrated and to be made pure by his grace. Then, let's live in a way that shows the impact of that holiness in our lives. Jesus told us to remove the plank from our own eye before we try to clean the speck out of someone else's eye. For leaders at any level, "living holy" is essential before calling others to holiness! God's greatest times of spiritual renewal begin when leaders first consecrate themselves to God and his work.

    O Father in heaven, forgive me for my sins. I want to be pure and holy, cleansed by your Spirit and forgiven by your grace. Please bless me as I seek to live a holy life before those I influence. I need your powerful help to be the example and person of character that you want me to be, and that my friends need me to be. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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