Monday, October 1, 2007

Newness!

Ezek 36:26~ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

I love fall! I like the feeling of the warm summer is leaving and there will be beautiful bearable days ahead. I love the cool nights so you can take a nice stroll around the neighborhood. It is almost a peaceful feeling of the weather. The coolness is approaching and the heat is passing away. I would rather have it cool than hot anyways.

When fall hits and how it feels like this newness of a season how can I not forget what God has done for me.

In Ezekiel, we see what God spoke to Ezekiel to prophesy about the nation Israel. He told them that he was going to act upon his Holy Name and gather Israel from all the nations and it shall show the surrounding nations who is God. He will give them a new heart and take their heart of stone away. In 2nd Corinthians 5:17 we see that is what Jesus did on the cross for everyone. The old has gone and the new has come. There is freshness in salvation, the heat passes away. There is newness in Christ.

May you never forget that you have a new heart, the old life has gone. Don't forget the freshness that came from the saving knowledge of the gospel that heard for the 1st time.

Lord, I pray that we all are refreshed in your Son, may we see the newness and peace that comes from Jesus. Amen-

PJ

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