I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 11, verse 19.

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

A new heart in Christ was written and read by Amy Boucher Pie.

Ezekiel chapter 11, verses 14 through 21.

The word of the Lord came to me,

Son of man, the people of Jerusalem,

have said of your fellow exiles

and all the other Israelites.

They are far away from the Lord.

This land was given to us as our possession.

Therefore say, this is what the sovereign Lord says.

Although I sent them far away among the nations

and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a away among the nations and scattered them among the countries.

Yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.

Therefore say, this is what the sovereign Lord says.

I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered

and I will give you back the land of Israel again. They will return to it and remove all its vile

images and detestable idols. I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them. I will remove from them

their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be

careful to keep my laws. They will be my people and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts

are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they

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