Lord help me deep clean my life even if it hurts. I am willing to go through
anything to be with you.
Come Lord
Come Lord and cleanse my heart.
Come Lord and cleanse my mind.
Come refresh me give my life a new start.
Cause my life to deeply with you be entwined.
Come I have repented of all my sins.
Come fill me with you as my new life begins.
Come Lord and claim me as your own.
Come Lord and reign in my home.
Come Lord now reign over the earth.
Come Lord we are groaning for the new birth.
Come lord that sin may forever be gone.
Come bring the blessed eternal dawn.
Deep Cleaning
I deep clean the house four times a year. It means I take every thing out
of cabinets, cupboards, and closets. I sift through every thing and decide
what to keep, give away, or throw away. After I decide that then I clean
the area real good and organize and clean things before I put them back.
I do this in the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. I also deep clean bookshelves,
and the cabinet under the t.v. and any other place where things sometimes
lurk, like under the bed, sofa, or behind chairs. Well it's almost time
to do that again. I need times of deep cleaning in my spiritual life too.
I reflect on my attitude and things I have said over the past few months.
Some people keep journals. I keep an accordian file of things I have learned,
thought about, scriptures that have stuck out, songs I have learned or
am learning, and of things I have prayed during my morning devotions. I
pull out the folder and think have I grown? Am I applying these truths
to my life? Should I keep going in this direction? Has God shed new light
on these areas lately? I think about some reactions people have had toward
me lately. Have I been honest? Could I have been kinder or more helpful?
Could I have spoken kinder? Did I miss an opportunity to help or bless
or reach someone for Jesus? I also reflect on my relationship with God.
Have I spent time with Him every day? Do I invite Him every where with
me? Do I seek His company when times are good as well as when times are
bad? Do I ask His help with little things as well as the big things? How
much a part of my life is He? I ask Him to help me clean out those hidden
places that no one sees and sometimes I try to deny they are there. But
little by little Jesus and I do face them together and clean them up. My
spiritual deep cleaning happens a few times a year as the Lord leads me
because He knows when I am ready. I know that this deep cleaning process
will go on until He takes me home. Some times it hurts yet each time I
get through it I feel so much better, stronger. I am glad He loves me enough
to do whatever it takes to make me His and make me whole.
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Psalm
19:12 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:2 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:9 But if
we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7
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