Lyrics
Chorus (x2)
Change my heart oh God
Make it ever true
Change my heart oh God
May I be like You
Verse
You are the potter
I am the clay
Mold me and make me
This is what I pray
Credits & Song Information
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
This live Vineyard Music recording of “Change My Heart Oh God” is a short prayer for inner change, joined here with the image of the potter and the clay. The chorus asks, “Change my heart oh God, make it ever true,” and adds the wish, “May I be like You.” The request is not for outward success but for a heart that is faithful and a life that resembles God’s own character.
The verse supplies the picture behind the prayer: “You are the potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.” The singer places themselves in the hands of God and asks to be shaped rather than to shape their own path. That image is close to Isaiah 64:8 and Jeremiah 18:6, where God is the potter and his people are the clay.
The prayer for a changed heart also recalls Psalm 51:10, which asks God to create a clean heart. Brief and repeated, the song works as a simple congregational prayer of surrender.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 64:8 God as potter, his people as clay
- Jeremiah 18:6 The clay in the potter’s hand
- Psalm 51:10 A prayer for a clean heart