Give Us Clean Hands

Happy Friday to everyone!! I'm getting geared up for a fun-filled weekend with some girls at the FCA retreat :) I am leading to worship this weekend, and this morning I have been trying to find some great songs. One of my absolute favorites is "Give Us Clean Hands" by Charlie Hall. And the lyrics of this song seem like a perfect fit for our weekend!

We bow our hearts
We bend our knees
Oh Spirit come make us humble
We turn our eyes
From evil things
Oh Lord we cast down our idols

So give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Oh give us clean hands
and give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another

Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob
Oh God let us be
a generation that seeks
Who seeks Your face, Oh God of Jacob

The chorus comes from Psalm 24, and the psalm is even more magnificent than the song. "Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob."

This is prayer today, that everyone at this retreat will have clean hands and a pure heart, so we can all come into His holy presence. I know God can wash away the stain of sin, and despite any mistake we have made, there is forgiveness at the cross. We want to be a generation that seeks His beautiful face.
Please keep this weekend and all these girls in your prayers this weekend. I cannot wait to see what God is going to do!

Also, I want to send my thoughts and prayers to a family in Kansas City. In September, they found out that their 18 month old daughter, Morgan, had leukemia, and she passed away this week. CJ and Anna will continue to be in my prayers! And I hope that people reading my blog will do the same..

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone :)