When someone is ill, we tell them to pray. Then we tell them to pray with faith, to pray BELIEVING. But what if you don’t have faith? Can you muster up faith? Can you strengthen your own faith?
I don’t know—but you can pray FOR faith.
If you need more faith, ask God! If you want to read the Bible, but lack discipline, ask God!
But will God help you do what you should do on your own? Of course!
“I will put fear of Me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from Me.” Jeremiah 32:42.
God says He will change hearts! He will reach into their hearts and make them fear the Lord.
“The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes” Proverbs 21:1.
“I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” Ezekiel 36:26.
“I will give them a heart to know Me…” Jeremiah 24:7.
“I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts” Ezekiel 11:19.
Get the picture? God can supernaturally change your heart. He can reach in and remake you. He can give you faith. Do you have wrong desires? He can change them, like the king in Proverbs 21:1. Are you stubborn? He can fix that. He can do ANYTHING. Just ask Him!
I have seen it myself. I memorized Proverbs 21:1 years ago, and I still pray it all the time:
“God, change my heart because I know ‘the king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord.’ PLEASE TURN MY HEART wherever you wish.”
I pray it for my family—I pray God gives each of us a heart that hungers for His word, a heart that loves Jesus and His people, a heart that is humble toward God and humble and helpful toward His church.
Join me in that prayer!
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