Lift Up Your Heads

1. Ezekiel 36:25-27
2. Many of the Christmas carols speak of us opening our hearts to Jesus. This is more than an emotional love of Christmas or an intellectual acceptance of the story of Christ’s birth. The song writers are talking about a life-changing realization of Who Christ is, followed by a wholehearted belief in what He has done. This belief results in daily obedience and submission to Christ and His commands. Here our hearts are made new and truly open for Him.
   
3. Right now is a good time to have a conversation with Jesus about your heart.
   
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5. For Deeper Thought…
6. Psalm 24:7-10
   
7. Is David really talking to wood and hinges in these verses? Gates do not lift up their heads by choice -- people do. Doors do not swing wide on their own – people open them or God calls to them. Inanimate objects obey their God instantaneously and without question. Only people have the choice to lift up their hearts to God. And the new heart they receive in return is for a very specific purpose (Ezekiel 36:27). So, David is not singing to the architecture in Psalm 24. What is God saying to you in Psalm 24:7-10?