Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His
voice, do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of
Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of
testing in the wilderness.
—Hebrews 3:7-8
In Hebrews 3 we see two wrong conditions of the heart—a hard heart and
an unbelieving heart. In the wilderness, a hard heart caused the
Israelites to rebel. A person with a hard heart cannot believe God
easily, which is a major problem because everything we receive from God
comes through believing. To receive from Him, all we have to do is come
to Him in simple, childlike faith and just believe.
We call ourselves believers, but the truth is, there are a lot of
“unbelieving believers.” For a long time, I was one of them. I had been
hurt so much during my childhood, I developed a hardness of heart that
God had to break through in my life.
Even Moses got to the place in the wilderness where he was slow of heart
to believe God. That’s why it’s important for us to stay sharp
spiritually so we can be quick to believe and to walk in faith day by
day. We can choose to be careful to go from faith to faith and not begin
to mix in any doubt and unbelief. A believing heart is essential if we
want to live in close relationship with God.
Jesus wants to restore your soul, including your emotions. Let Jesus
into those areas of your life that no one else could ever reach. Ask Him
to change you into a person who has the same kind of heart that He has.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
The Spirit helpeth our infirmities
Y asimismo también el Espíritu ayuda nuestra flaqueza: porque qué hemos de pedir como conviene, no lo sabemos; sino que el mismo Espíritu pide por nosotros con gemidos indecibles.
Romans 8:26 (RV1909)
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost. — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God? — It is God which worketh in you.
We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
John 14:26. 1 Corinthians 6:19. Philippians 2:13. Romans 8:26,27. Psalm 103:14. Isaiah 42:3. Matthew 26:41. Psalm 23:1,2.