Prune my heart

 

Prune my heart Lord, prune my heart.

Do surgery Lord, to it's deepest parts

cut away all the death, the wickedness, 

the desire for all the things of the flesh, 

the pride, the lust, adulterous thoughts,

till Yours is the only Spirit that's sought. 

Prune my heart

all my evil ways and desires

Prune my heart

then cauterize the wound

with Your Holy Fire -

burn all the dead things

in Your Holy blaze

Renew in me a right mind

so I'll no longer be crazed...

Prune my heart

Restore my soul 

To love and desire You alone

is my highest goal

Prune my heart

Please. Oh God, please,

I'm begging You for Grace and Mercy

Please, prune my heart!

Break up it's fallow soil

Soak it daily in Your Holy oil

Teach it to obey our Father

lest it dine with the swine!

Wash it clean daily with Your Word as water

till it belongs to You - solely Thine

Prune my heart

I no longer wish to be

a prisoner on the inside of me -

my heart, a jail,

where i continually fail

NO! NO!  NO MORE!

Oh God! You have the key to my heart's door!

Set me free as You promised You would 

that I may become what You call "good"

I want You to be the chief love of my heart

Storm all my ramparts

Crush it's defenses like Jericho's walls

till every one of them falls

Prune me, consume me, teach me, groom me,  

play Your tune in me

Shout to the battle, 

for my heart is Yours!

Pierce it to it's core!

Strip it bare

with Your tender care

I surrender it to You -

    Your territory 

to do with as You want to

Prune my heart

recreate it anew

that from henceforth 

  it will reflect only You

 I personally don't have (or haven't had) nearly as much of a problem putting my sins on the Cross of Christ for Jesus to bear as I have putting the sins of those who sin against me on my cross - the cross I must pick up and carry daily (Luke 9:23). My cross is far more painful and heavy to ME than the Cross of Calvary. 

Sure it hurts me to know that I hurt Him - especially because He didn't deserve it - but, I cannot ask Him to bear my sins if I'm not willing to bear the sins of those who sin against me. 

Following Jesus,  when He's carrying His Cross, isn't easy, but I cannot follow Him to Heaven if I'm not willing to first follow Him to the Cross. Besides,  my miniature cross is nothing compared to His - He took on the sins of the whole world  - all sim ever committed, from Adam to the last soul judged and found wanting. I only must bear the sins of the few who sin against me - so far, no physical harm (we first must be able to endure soulish and spiritual wounds before we can endure physical wounds to His honour) - what a privilege! To walk as He walked in this life! I gladly bear the wounds of those who have sinned against me, who hate me - gladly I say! I do it out of love for them - just as Jesus bore my sins out of love for me.

But oh the rewards! For if I follow Him to the Cross  - laying on my own cross willingly as He did on His - then I can follow Him out of my tomb, then the stone of a hardened heart will be rolled away and I'll receive a heart of flesh - able to love like Him - then I'll be able to breathe on others and say "receive ye the Holy Ghost", then I'll be able to follow Him where He rose - leaving the pull of this world with all it's wicked ways, far behind  - up where the air is pure - where I breathe The Holy Spirit in and out - up to my Heavenly Father  - able to abide in His presence forever more because I walked the trail Jesus blazed for me.

So yes - I'll endure my cross - my temporary pain - the sins of those fallen and without hope, as well as the sins of my brethren in Christ  - hoping they'll likewise bear my sins on their crosses - so we may all become bound together by the love that overcomes and transcends all hate and wickedness,  the great and mighty love of our great and mighty God! How can we partake of His love and freely receive it and not love and forgive others? No matter what anyone ever says or does to me, from here on out, I will gladly bear their sin - I will not seek revenge or give hate and bitterness safe harbor in my mind or heart. I'm free! Hallelujah!

We're surrounded by death as a gift from God. For it is a gift to be constantly reminded of how much we need Him. We need to constantly remember  - what we call "life" is an illusion  - it's really death, thinly disguised - He is life (I am the Way, the Truth and THE LIFE) - He is the source and sustainer of true life, not this death tge whole world is abiding in, believing they're alive when they're really dead. To be without Christ is to be dead (remembered Jesus said "let the dead bury their dead)....dead eternally and in every other way. So every time we see death, be it a bug, a flower, an animal or a human, it should cause us to cry out to HIM  O God! Save me! I need You desperately!  O Death, where is thy sting? My God has defeated you for all eternity! Selah. 

 I heard the Cry of God's heart.

 I heard JESUS say

"Give Me the scum of the earth!

 Give Me the worst of the worst!

 Give Me the alcoholics and addicts!

 Give Me the outcasts and the tragic!

                         I want them!

                         I'll take them!

I'll give them

My heart and My home

They'll never again have to roam

For they'll never again be alone

       My love heals

       My love covers

       My love reveals

              The Truth

That I am their soul's perfect Lover

I alone can satisfy 

their longing deep inside 

I alone can take their pride

and turn it into humility 

I sent My Spirit to reveal to them

their need   for       ME

Come to   ME   all you weary

and I will give you rest

From your path of destruction 

Only receive My instruction

and you'll  live

Open

Open your heart

  your inner self

  your most hidden rooms

                               to  ME

and I'll transform you

into   who you're meant to be

Come

let's take flight

let's soar high

If you're a failure 

If all you can do is cry

If you're constantly thinking of suicide 

Oh loved one           please know

You're the apple of My eye!

You are so dear to Me!

I've made it so clear,  can't you see?

I want you here so badly!

Oh Beloved - LET ME IN!

I'm standing out here in the cold, knockin!

Please let Me love you

I hate seeing you harm yourself!

Let Me have your heart -

    I'll heal you and make you well

Didn't I die?

   Just for you?

Didn't I suffer

   so you could be rescued? 

If I Could

 

If I could sit with you

take ten minutes of your time

I'd share with you  the

love and joy that's mine

I'd tell you of my Savior 

My God,  my best friend 

Then I'd invite you too

to come to know Him

It's simple simply because 

for you He's full of love

His desire is to know you

His will is to bestow upon you 

all the blessings it's in His

power to give

including a New heart

and a renewed mind

that you may live

forever by His side

Oh my Jesus is alive!

and He will give His life to you

because He loves you!