A New Heart

Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NAS) Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. This new heart that the Lord has given us is precious and tender towards the things of God. He has removed the hardness of our hearts. Therefore it is to be valued and it is to be guarded. Proverbs 4:23 (NAS) Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. Philippians 4:8 are the things we are to place in this precious heart that God has so graciously given us. This verse tells us to think on whatever is true,honorable, right, pure, of good repute, any thing of excellence or worthy of praise. As we think on these things they will become a part of our heart. As they become a part of our heart then we will become these things. Help me, Father, to value this precious, tender heart that You have given me. Help me to watch over it and to not allow it to harden or to be filled with bitterness or anguish. I pray my heart, that You have given me, will be filled with the virtues of Philippians 4:8 and that the Holy Spirit will shed abroad in my heart the love of God. Please keep my heart,Father,keep it tender and pure for the coming day of Your Beloved Son. Help me to keep my field plowed, help me to keep planting new seed. Keep me from deception and from a spirit of religion of ever touching this precious heart that You have given me. Please give me discernment so that I might guard Your heart within me.