I had an amazing time at group study last night. You would know it, some of the very things that we talked about were in my devotional today.Almost 600 years before Jesus came and gave His life for us and made away for our heart to be made new, Ezekiel wrote about it. The message in Ezekiel is astounding!!! Charles Stanley helped me pull just a facet out of this abounding passage. I had a lot of conversations at group life last night. Two stood out that made me appreciate where and why God has me at this point and at this time of my life. I'm amazed to see people renewed and hungry for God's word. Its rare to find that now a days. It takes me back to when I first realized that I could have a personal relationship with God.It was like a huge bright bright light bulb went off in my head. All my life it was about what I could do to make Him love me more, then I discovered that there was nothing I could do.... He completely did the work at the cross....I only had to believe that with absolute trust in Him and surrender my Heart to Him.
Sorry for my rambling I'm bless to be where I am. I never take God's grace for granted.

Ezekiel 36:25-28

25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean ; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. 28 "You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers ; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.

The Lord wants to give each of us a "heart of flesh" so that we will be pliable and responsive to Him. When touched by the finger of God, a tender heart yields to the pressure and assumes the form He desires, much like a lump of clay that allows the potter to determine the shape of the vessel.

To aid in this process, God has sent the Holy Spirit to indwell each believer and awaken responsiveness in him or her. By yielding to the Spirit's promptings with ready obedience, the heart becomes increasingly tender and sensitive to His leading. The Lord is able to impart greater understanding of His Word to a soft heart because it has faithfully accepted and obeyed previous teachings.

Any resistance to God will result in hardening. But those who are accustomed to intimacy with Christ—which is the result of submission to Him—will be quick to deal with sin and return to the place of obedience and blessing.

People with tender hearts stay closely connected to the body of Christ, seeking to build up and encourage others in their walk of faith. Such individuals are not only receptive to what God wants to tell them; they are also teachable, in that they are willing to listen and be corrected by others.

This week when you read your Bible and pray, let your heart be soft toward the words of God. As He pokes His finger into each hard area, listen to His instructions, and rely on the Spirit's power to help you yield and obey. Let Him shape you into a beautiful and useful vessel.