PRAYER & COUNSEL: Father, we acknowledge that we are at different faith levels. You have given a measure of faith to each. In this ministry that you have entrusted me, we respect these faith levels. I do not impose my faith on people. Those who are weak in faith, I deal with them at the level of their faith. I believe this is why You have given me wonder working water ministry. It builds confidence in them until they outgrow it. Father, grow them in the Word. Let them be deeply rooted in Christ. In Jesus name, Amen.
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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