a new heart

It’s amazing how being honest with God changes everything. A while ago while praying, I asked God to change me. I asked him to make me the person he wants me to be and to take away anything that hinders me from that goal.

And he did.

He’s put me in a place where I have no choice but to depend on him, and there’s no place that I’d rather be. His grace is enough, and I rest in his perfect peace. 

I know there will be struggles ahead, but I’m completely confident that he’s guiding my each and every step. He’s making me more like him and giving me a heart of service. So rather than worry about tomorrow, I choose to live for him today and let tomorrow worry about itself!

Scriptures that helped me get to this place: 

• Ephesians 4:22-24 NLT – ²² throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. ²³Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. ²⁴ Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV – ⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
• Isaiah 30:18 ESV –  ¹⁸Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
  For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Luke 10:19 NIV – ¹⁹ I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
• Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV –  ⁷ “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. ⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
• Matthew 6:34 NIV – ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.