Scripture Saturday ~ Ezekiel 11:19-20~ God's Transforming Work ~ Pray For Them
12:00 AMSaturday, November 23, 2019
This coming week's memory verse is Ezekiel 11:19-20...
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. (NIV)
As believers in Jesus, we already have a changed heart. That’s the promise and the core of the gospel…it’s the new covenant. When we put our trust in Christ, our stony heart is replaced with a new and improved one. That’s what Ezekiel is saying here. We are given a new heart - one that responds to God, one that is connected to Him. We have a heart that longs to know, to please, and serve Him. We have God-filled hearts.
As Paul says in 2 Corinthians, believers have a brand-new nature. We are brand new people that desire to honor God.
This verse can also be seen as an invitation to those that do not have an “undivided heart.” Those that do not have God within them, directing them, filling them, satisfying them, giving them hope.
When you are memorizing these verses, think upon those that do not have God’s spirit within them. Pray for them…pray that they will make that step towards God…that they will replace their stony hearts with a new and much improved heart for God.
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