What is the inclination of my heart?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 08:32AM Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
Gensis 8:20
We can't trust ourselves! Every inclination of our heart is evil. But we can be thankful that we have the opportunity to exchange our heart. God is in the midst of a redemptive quest for our hearts.
"The upshot is this, Israel: I'll judge each of you according to the way you live. So turn around! Turn your backs on your rebellious living so that sin won't drag you down. Clean house. No more rebellions, please. Get a new heart! Get a new spirit! Why would you choose to die, Israel? I take no pleasure in anyone's death. Decree of God, the Master.
"Make a clean break! Live!"
Ezekiel 18:31
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