
A new heartEzekiel 36:24-28Length: Short
Eat
Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.
- Read
- Reread
- Retell
Digest
Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.
What does this passage show me about God?
- What does God promise to do for his people in these verses?
- What does God promise to put inside them, and what will it cause them to do?
What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- Where has your heart grown hard toward God or toward others?
What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- What will you ask God for this week about your heart, and what step of obedience will you take?
Who will I tell?
- Who feels they can never change? How could you share God's promise of a new heart with them?
Grow
Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).
Pray
God, I cannot make my own heart soft again. Take away my heart of stone and give me a heart that wants you. Put your Spirit in me and move me to obey.