Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ezekiel 36: 22-30"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.
24 " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
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.
27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.
30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.
------------------------------------------Psalm 51:10
"Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
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I leave things in bold for you to ponder on. God's promises, His blessings, His commandments, His plans.
In Ezekiel 36, the Lord reveals his plan for israel, His chosen nation, His royal priesthood.
In Psalm 51, David's prayer after being convicted of his sin with Bathsheba, one of the most-commonly-referred-to chapters in the bible assiociated with repentance.
Are we ready to acknowledge the wrong things going on in our lives before the Lord takes action on us? should someone come to tell us everything that's wrong in our lives before we admit, oh crap im wrong? the Lord will create in you a pure heart, a heart of flesh and not of stone, but first we need to ask.
What a great reminder as I attempted to design the tentative youth camp tshirt!
Get ready for Revival.
2 chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
