“Keep your motives pure,” I heard the Lord say
“That will protect you in the evil day
Do your desires align with Mine?
Your heart’s purity I will refine”

“Pursue My Presence, keep your heart fixed on Me
Seek My will and follow wholeheartedly
I am looking for faith, so do not fear
Your obedience can change the atmosphere”

“Fear only the treachery of your own heart
A traitorous motive from evil’s dart
Do not seek glory it belongs to Me
From the humble of heart, I seek loyalty”

Debbie Furey
January 16, 2026

Proverbs 16:2 – “All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 – “Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.
23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”

Psalm 37:3-6 – “Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.”

1 Thessalonians 5
Psalm 34, 37