In Psalm 86:11 David wrote, “Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.” 

David was asking the Lord to give him singleness of heart. He wanted to praise the Lord with his whole heart. 

Our hearts can become fragmented because of unresolved issues, unforgiveness, bitterness, or resentment. 

I wrote a book “Cultivating Our Heart: repurposing fallow ground.” 

Hosea 10:12 says, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground…”

Fallow ground can bear no fruit for the glory of the Lord. It’s full of weeds and clods of hard packed dirt. 

God’s way is through praise. Psalm 116:17 says, “I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.”

Hard trials, trauma, or turmoil are opportunities to live in His irrevocable gifts of peace and joy through thanksgiving. It’s His will. 1 Thessalonians 5:18. “In everything give thanks…”

Psalm 146:2 can be our purpose of heart. It says, “While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.”