I gave you empty stomachs in every city & lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me. (Amos 4:6). Prayer: Thank you Father for hearing & answering my prayers. I ask you Lord to remove the heart of stone from our lives. Give us a tender heart - a heart that responds to the call & discipline of God. A heart that responds to the will of God. Help us to be devoted to prayer & to the Word of God. Help us to meditate on the Word, internalize it & obey it in total. In Jesus mighty name we pray, 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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