Daily Devotional: Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you? (Ezekiel 28:3). Prayer: Father, I thank you for today's text. Help us not to overate ourselves but to operate according to the measure of grace you have given us. Help us to give your Word it's rightful place in our lives; to hide it in our hearts so that we will not sin against You. Remove every form of pride in our lives that seeks to make us operate like a god; play godship on other people. God forbid. Let our hearts & minds always know that we are a man & not a god.Give us a wise & discerning heart. It is written: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. He who wins souls is wise. Confirm your Word in our lives as we serve you with a wholehearted devotion & worship you in spirit & in truth. I assign 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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