THE GIFT OF A NEW HEART (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4
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The Gift of a New Heart (3 of 4)
Series: The Perfect Gift
Jeff Strite
Galatians 4:1-7
OPEN: A 4 year old girl was brought to the ER with a severe cough. But as little girls sometimes do... she talked and talked and talked which made it difficult for the nurse to listen to the sounds in her lung.Finally, the nurse said, ''Shhh, I have to see if Barney is in there.''The child looked up and calmly said, ''I have JESUS in my heart. BARNEY is on my underwear.''
Ephesians 3:14-17 talks about having ''Jesus in your heart''. Paul writes: ''For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith''
That truth is reflected in some of the old time hymns.Sing them with me:
''Just now, your doubtings give o'er; Just now, reject Him no more; Just now, throw open the door; Let Jesus come into your heart.''
Another hymn sings it this way: ''What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart; I have light in my soul for which long I have sought, since Jesus came into my heart. CHORUS: Since Jesus came into my heart - since Jesus came into my heart; Floods of joy o'er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.''
Everybody understands... having Jesus in our hearts is important. But our ability to have Jesus come into our Hearts depended entirely on the fact that ''when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.'' Galatians 4:4
If Jesus hadn't come... our hearts would be empty
One of the reasons Jesus came was to fulfill God's promise to change our hearts. Ezekiel 36:26 says ''I will give you a NEW HEART, and a new spirit I will put within you. A ...
Series: The Perfect Gift
Jeff Strite
Galatians 4:1-7
OPEN: A 4 year old girl was brought to the ER with a severe cough. But as little girls sometimes do... she talked and talked and talked which made it difficult for the nurse to listen to the sounds in her lung.Finally, the nurse said, ''Shhh, I have to see if Barney is in there.''The child looked up and calmly said, ''I have JESUS in my heart. BARNEY is on my underwear.''
Ephesians 3:14-17 talks about having ''Jesus in your heart''. Paul writes: ''For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith''
That truth is reflected in some of the old time hymns.Sing them with me:
''Just now, your doubtings give o'er; Just now, reject Him no more; Just now, throw open the door; Let Jesus come into your heart.''
Another hymn sings it this way: ''What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart; I have light in my soul for which long I have sought, since Jesus came into my heart. CHORUS: Since Jesus came into my heart - since Jesus came into my heart; Floods of joy o'er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.''
Everybody understands... having Jesus in our hearts is important. But our ability to have Jesus come into our Hearts depended entirely on the fact that ''when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.'' Galatians 4:4
If Jesus hadn't come... our hearts would be empty
One of the reasons Jesus came was to fulfill God's promise to change our hearts. Ezekiel 36:26 says ''I will give you a NEW HEART, and a new spirit I will put within you. A ...
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