Of all the stories in the Bible, from the parting of the Red Sea to the raising of Lazaras from the dead, the conversion of Paul may be the most miraculous. With Paul, God changed a human heart. Through the prophet Ezekiel, God promised He would take away the heart of stone from the hardened Israelites and replace it with a heart of flesh, a heart malleable, tender and God-fearing. With all that's happening in the world today, the hate and violence----People seem so hard-hearted. But we serve a God who can change a heart. We can't legislate morality or love, But God can turn hearts of stone into loving hearts of flesh, and like Ananias to Paul, we can be ready to help them when He does! Lord, work in the hearts of people. Turn our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. And, Lord, if there is any hard-heartedness in my heart, replace it with a heart of flesh and show us how to help others walk in your light. AMEN!
In John 6:48-51 it reads in The Passion , "I AM the true Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert and died. But standing here before you is the true Bread that comes out of heaven, and when you eat this Bread you will never die. I alone am this living Bread that has come to you from heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever. The living Bread I give is my body, which I will offer as a sacrifice so that all may live." There is a difference between eternal life and living forever. The only reason I would die is if there is a record of sin in my DNA. I do not need to die, none of us do. But we need to undergo transformation by applying the body and blood of Jesus. The body and blood of Jesus carry the record of the DNA of God. We can age and die, or we can take the body and blood of Jesus within ourselves, and live forever!. Jesus says in John 6:58, "I am not like the bread your ancestors ate and later died. I am the living Bread that comes from heaven.
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