Text: : Ezekiel 36:24–38

²⁴ For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

²⁵ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

²⁶ A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

²⁷ And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

²⁸ And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

²⁹ I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

³⁰ And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

³¹ Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

³² Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

³³ Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

³⁴ And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

³⁵ And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

³⁶ Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

³⁷ Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

³⁸ As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

• Memory verse: Ezekiel 36:27 “And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”A smartphone with advanced features but no battery power, no matter how sophisticated it is, it cannot function without energy. In the same way, the human heart without God’s Spirit may have good intentions but lacks divine power. God does not just give instructions; He supplies the power to carry them out. When He places His Spirit within you, He becomes your divine energy source.God does not only command obedience; He empowers it. Christianity is not about struggling to impress God through self-effort. It is about surrendering your heart so that His Spirit can work through you. In Ezekiel 36, God promises not only a new heart but also His Spirit within it. He says, “I will cause you to walk.” That means obedience flows from empowerment, not pressure.

  When your heart belongs to God:

  • You gain strength to obey when obedience feels difficult.
  • You receive grace to overcome sin and break unhealthy patterns.
  • You develop a genuine desire for righteousness instead of forced discipline.

  God empowers the surrendered heart. He transforms weakness into strength and reluctance into willingness. What once seemed impossible becomes achievable because His Spirit is working from the inside out.

  Action Plans

  • Surrender your heart daily to the Holy Spirit through intentional prayer.
  • Depend on God’s strength rather than relying solely on personal willpower.
  • Respond immediately to the Spirit’s prompting to strengthen your spiritual sensitivity.

   

COVENANT GATE HYMNALS 2; SS&S 621: I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THEE

1. I gave My life for thee ;
   My precious blood I shed,
   That thou might’st ransomed be,
   And quickened from the dead.
   I gave My life for thee :
   What hast thou given for Me ?
2. I spent long years for thee
   In weariness and woe,
   That an eternity
   Of joy thou mightest know.
   I spent long years for thee :
   Hast thou spent one for Me ?
3. My Father’s home of light,
   My rainbow-circled throne,
   I left for earthly night,
   For wanderings sad and lone.
   I left it all for thee :
   Hast thou left aught for Me ?
4. I suffered much for thee—-
   More than thy tongue can tell,
   Of bitterest agony—-
   To rescue thee from hell.
   I suffered much for thee :
   What canst thou bear for Me ?
5. “And I have brought to thee,
   Down from My home above.
   Salvation full and free,
   My pardon and My love.
   Great gifts I brought to thee :
   What hast thou brought to Me ?”
6. Oh, let thy life be given,
   Thy years for Him be spent ;
   World-fetters all be riven,
   And joy with suffering blent.
   Bring thou thy worthless all :
   Follow thy Saviour’s call.

Today’s Prayer:

1. Father, fill my heart with Your Spirit and empower me to walk in Your ways.
2. Lord, replace my weakness with Your strength and my struggle with Your grace.
3. Father, empower the hearts of my family and friends with Your Spirit and help them walk in obedience to You.