WHAT A DIFFERENCE

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."

Ezekiel 36:26

King James Version

When I got up a couple of days ago, I was putting ice in my glass and I dropped some of the ice on the floor.  Before Jesus saved me and gave me a new heart, I would have thrown something.  Jesus really does make a difference in our heart and life.

Several years ago, someone asked "How can you be so happy?"  We can be happy even when satan atacks us.  Jesus has warned us to be on the alert for the vicious and sneaky attacks of satan.  "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" (1 Peter 5:8).

If you want to be happy, spend time with Jesus.  Ira F. Stanphill wrote one of my very favorite hymns "Happiness Is The Lord".  "Happiness is to know the Saviour, Living a life within His favour, Having a change in my behaviour, Happiness is the Lord."

If we want to know Jesus, we need to spend time with Him.  How much time do you give Jesus during the day?  I read something that a man said in a magazine.  He said "I don't have time to spend with Jesus before I go to work and when I get home, I'm too tired to talk to Jesus".  

However, this man read his newspaper every morning while he drank his coffee before he went to work.  If we have time to read the newspaper, we have time to talk to Jesus.  I believe we hurt Jesus and break His heart many times because we put things and people first in our life.

Heavenly Father, please forgive us for the times we hurt Your beloved Son because we allow things and people to come before talking to Him.  Thank You for giving Your beloved Son to die on the cross so we can be saved.  I love You, Heavenly Father.  I love You, Jesus.  I love You, Holy Spirit.  Heavenly Father, please comfort and encourage all who are hurting emotionally and physically.  In Jesus Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

July  4, 2020