The A prayer for your conscience by Rick Warren. Search me, oh God, and know my heart.

Test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life

Some 139 23 to 24

The first step on the path to a clear conscience is to take a personal moral inventory or a personal spiritual assessment.

You need to sit down with God in a quiet space by yourself when you're unhurried and say,

God, I'm going to do business with you.

I'm going to make a list of anything that's between you and me that's wrong in my life.

Help me to see the things that I know are wrong and the things that I don't know are wrong.

Ask God to clear your mind and reveal your sins. You can pray Psalm 139, 23 to 24.

Search me, oh God, and know my heart.

Test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

You're saying, God turn your spotlight on my inner self, find the stuff in me that's entangled me and that's holding me back.

It's important to take your time.

Don't rush it.

Don't say, God, I've got five minutes for you to reveal every sin I've ever done. Take your time.

Write it all down. Why is it important to write it down?

Writing makes it specific. Thoughts disentangle themselves through the lips and the fingertips.

You speak it and you write it.

If you haven't written it down, you haven't really thought about it.

Let me ask you a very important question.

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