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Psalms 51:1-17
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
{{ the sacrifice GOD desires from us is a broken humble heart
If we come to the LORD with a humble repentant heart
GOD will not reject us.
Giving of money is not what GOD is looking for,
He is looking for that broken heart,
that heart that in humility comes to Him in repentance. }}
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said,
“Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Lamentations 5:21-22
Restore us to You, O LORD,
that we may be restored;
Renew our days as of old,
Unless You have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly angry with us.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience,
you are slaves of the one whom you obey,
either of sin resulting in death,
or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
{{ Obeyance is better than sacrifice
To obey is better than sacrifice
I don't need your money, I want your life
And I hear you say that I'm coming back soon
But you act like I'll never return
Well you speak of grace and my love so sweet
How you thrive on milk but reject my meat
And I can't help weeping of how it will be
If you keep on ignoring my words
Well you pray to prosper and succeed
But your flesh is something I just can't feed
To obey is better than sacrifice
I want more than Sundays and Wednesday nights
'Cause if you can't come to me everyday
Then don't bother coming at all
To obey is better than sacrifice
I want hearts of fire, not your prayers of ice
And I'm coming quickly to give back to you
According to what you have done
According to what you have done
According to what you have done
These words were written by: Keith Green
But were taken from the words of GOD Himself.
To obey is better than sacrifice I don't need your money; I want your life.
To obey is better than sacrifice I want hearts of fire, not your prayers of ice
And I'm coming quickly to give back to you
According to what you have done.
"According to what you have done"
Now that could be rather scary for a lot who clam the name Christian.
What have you given the LORD your GOD????? }}}