Remove all our sin.

 Remove All Our Sin

A Reflection on Psalm 51:1-2, 1 John 1:9, and Isaiah 1:18

Remove all our sin—not a surface, shallow clean,

But a deep, interior washing, a making whole and pristine.

The stain of scarlet, the crimson thread that clings,

Wash it in the fountain that from Calvary springs.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51:2)

Remove the guilt that whispers in the night,

The heavy weight, the shame, the endless fight.

Let the blood of Jesus speak a better word—

Forgiveness, pardon, freedom—so my spirit is heard.

Remove the roots of bitterness and pride,

The hidden seeds that deep inside me hide.

Uproot the patterns, break the generational chain.

Let Your grace fall like healing rain.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

We bring our sins to You—the known, the secret, the great,

The failures of the morning, the regrets of the late.

Not to earn forgiveness, but to receive the gift,

To let the cross’s mercy give our weary spirits lift.

Remove all our sin, O Lord—as far as east from west.

Let the accuser’s voice be silenced, let our souls find rest.

Clothe us in Your righteousness, white as snow,

That only Your love and glory in our lives may grow.

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)

Amen.