Quiet Time: On the fifth of the month - it was the fifth year of the exile of king Jehoiachin - the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the Son of Buzi by the Kebar river in the land of the Babylonians. There, the hand of the Lord was upon him. (Ezekiel 1: 2-3). Prayer: Father, my Father, I thank you for Jesus. I thank you for answering my prayers & for accepting my fastings unto Lord. In today's text we see Ezekiel's calling & commission. You have called us into the ministry of reconciliation, reconciling people back to their Maker. Hear our prayers, answer them & accept our fastings. Give us favor. Provide us with more than enough. Give us expectant hearts. If we do not expect to receive, we will not receive. Open doors for us & give us financial breakthrough. Position us to win UNCOUNTABLE souls for God to His glory. Give us Christlike CHARACTER. Let us have lives which INSPIRE others to get saved & to be TRUE to God. Give us divine heath & wisdom. I put to action angels under our complement to act upon my prayers. In Jesus mighty name we pray, believe & give you thanks, Amen. Heaven Rules.
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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