These things you have done & I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you & accuse to your face. (Psalm 50:21). God is patient. He is not slow to act as some perceive slowness. He wants all men to come to repentance. There is joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine persons who need no repentance. So when we sin & He keeps silent, it doesn't mean that He is weak, or He is like us. God is not like man who lies. What He says, He will do. What He promises, He will fulfil. His delay does not mean denial. He gives us more chances & time to come to a point of realization & repent from dead works. But He will act one day in this age decisively. He will not remain silent forever. On that day He will rebuke us & accuse us to our face. He will hold us accountable for these things that we have done. This will take place in this age. Prayer: Father, give us the grace to study your Word, commit it to memory, meditate on it & obey its principles. Help us to be devoted to prayer & to the Word of God. Increase our faith & obedience. Thank you for hearing & answering my prayer. Assign your angels to minister to our needs. In Jesus mighty name we pray & believe, Amen. Good morning Holy Spirit. Jesus is Lord of life & Lord of all. Immanuel: God with us.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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