Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beats of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary. (Isaiah 46:1). Prayer: Father, I thank you for Jesus. Thank you for hearing & answering our prayers. Thank you for removing us from idols, worship of the dead relatives. Their rules are burdensome & have no Heaven & eternal life with God to give us. The Bible says: The commands of God are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3). Thank you for connecting us to You God Almighty, the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, our Creator, the Most High God & who is alive & not dead. Thank you for the empty tomb of Jesus. All the founding fathers of religion - their bones & skeletons are still in their graves. They never rose up. But Jesus, Your Son, is alive. You raised Him from the dead. His grave is empty. Father I give you praise. Forgive us our sins. I put to action angels under our complement to guard us & to minister to our needs. In Jesus mighty name we pray, believe & give you thanks, Amen. Prayer is my life & my life a prayer.
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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