Monday, September 14
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HEART SURGERY
What medicine and technology can do for the human heart is nothing short of amazing. I know. I've experienced it first hand,
through a nifty little procedure called angioplasty. Angioplasty opens a blocked vessel using a "balloon" catheter to press the
blockage against the vessel wall, allowing blood to flow more freely. In my case, it took just a few minutes to alleviate the
problem caused by fifty years of southern fried chicken, hot dogs, biscuits and gravy and pecan pie. But I didn't get any new
hardware. The doctors just fixed up what I had before.
Sin has done more damage-permanent, irreparable damage-
to our hearts than fat, cholesterol or a lack of exercise ever could. The heart that is sick with sin cannot be fixed up...it must be
replaced. We need a new heart, not a better old one. No amount of patching, bypassing or medicating can help us. Only a new
heart will do.
David prayed to God to create in him a clean, new heart. The Hebrew word he used for create was
"bara," and it means to make something out of nothing! When you and I see the damage sin has done to our hearts, we begin to
understand that, apart from God's amazing grace, we are beyond repair. We need a new heart, and the kind of new start, that
only the blood of Jesus Christ can provide.
Memory Verse
PSALM 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, o God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Read Through The Bible
Mark 14; Job 29-30