Morning by Morning, August 24, 2026— “I Am Renewing Your Heart”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading. …
As I wait, this is what I believe I hear in my heart: “I am renewing your heart, as you keep opening your heart to Me.” …
Yes, Lord. Your words this morning remind me of Your Word to Your people long ago:
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).
Only You can renew a heart. Only You can renew a right spirit.
And at the same time, we have to open our heart to You. In that sense, we have to willingly choose to let Your Spirit move in our spirit to let You form Your Heart in our heart.
We can say Yes, or we can say No. We can surrender, or we can resist. We can embrace You and all You have for us, or we just go right on ahead leaning on our own understanding without acknowledging You in all Your ways, satisfied with our hardened heart of stone, instead of the tender heart of flesh You want to form in us. The choice is ours.
Just as You spoke to Your people through Ezekiel of the new heart You would give them, You also said through that same Prophet, the choice of was theirs:
“Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?” (Ezekiel 18:31).
Yes, Lord, I want to “get (myself) a new heart and a new spirit.” And I can’t do it. You have to do it. And You are so willing and able to do it if I will only allow You to do it.
It’s not just a one time prayer. Not just a one-time surrender. It’s every day. Every moment of every day. You set before me life or death. A tender heart or a hardened heart. An open heart or a closed heart. A heart that says I’m all Yours or a heart that says I’m just fine. Your mercies “are new every morning”—morning by morning—on my spiritual journey with You (Lamentations 3:23).
Yes, I know that the moment I gave my heart to You I became “a new creation” in Christ and “all thing (became) new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). This was so that I “might become the righteousness of God in (Christ)” (v. 21). But You never intended for me to stop there, to settle there. But to keep on pursuing You, keep on opening my heart to You, to keep on letting You form and shape my heart and my spirit in Your image. To “grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ” (Ephesians 4:15).
So, like David, I want to have the heart in me that cries out to You, “Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit within me” (from Psalm 51:10). I want to be one who daily answers Your call, Your invitation, to keep opening my heart to You, as You keep renewing Your heart within me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be renewed in your heart every day, as you keeping opening your heart to the Lord, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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