A Scripture and a Prayer: “Hardened Heart?”

“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion” (Hebrews 3:15)

Prayer:

Lord, give us a heart softened by Your grace through faith, so that we don’t follow Israel’s example of hardening our hearts toward You in rebellion because You didn’t do things their way. It says that You brought them into the wilderness for 40 years and did not allow them to enter Your rest, that is, Your land of promise, because of their unbelief. Help us, therefore, Lord, not to be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, but rather to believe Your word of promise. Help us walk by faith in Your word, not by what we see or the circumstances we face. And as we hear Your voice, let us believe and faithfully follow. And this I ask in Jesus’s name. AMEN