“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. 33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
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Today's passage was much shorter than the previous days, but it still is a powerful one! I think the most reassuring part of this passage in regards to the new covenant within which Christians find themselves, is the fact that God's instructions are written deep within our hearts, rather than on tablets and in thousands of pages of books. What I mean by this is the fact that multiple times in the New Testament we're told that the greatest two commands, within which the entirety of the Law of God is contained within, is simply Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. I like to simplify even more by saying, "Love God and love people!" Anyway, I love this part about this new covenant, because we now and appreciate and truly focus on the relational aspect that we were created to have. We were created for community both with God and with one another and the only way(s) in which we will be able to achieve this and return to the original plan that God had for us, is to love God and love others.
"Father in Heaven please help us to grow in our love for You and in our love for other people. There are times here when it seems absolutely impossible for us to show love to other people, so it's in times like that I pray You would help us out majorly! I pray that the love of Jesus would be seen in our lives and heard from out mouths in every conversation and interaction that we have with other people. May You forgive us when we fail in this regard and help us to do better the next time. We love You so much and it's in Jesus' name that I pray, amen!"
"Father in Heaven please help us to grow in our love for You and in our love for other people. There are times here when it seems absolutely impossible for us to show love to other people, so it's in times like that I pray You would help us out majorly! I pray that the love of Jesus would be seen in our lives and heard from out mouths in every conversation and interaction that we have with other people. May You forgive us when we fail in this regard and help us to do better the next time. We love You so much and it's in Jesus' name that I pray, amen!"
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