Change My Heart

The heart is powerful. It’s powerful enough to determine the course of our lives: what we feel, what we say, and what we do. That’s why our hearts are so important to our relationship with God. Being close to him and living out his purpose for us means not only letting him change the way we act, but also letting him change our hearts. Check out this Scripture Playlist to learn more about how God can change us from the inside out.

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Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 4:23 NLT

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. [27] And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

Ezekiel 36:26-27 NLT

But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’

Acts 13:22 NLT

One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

Acts 16:14 NLT

Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.) [20] And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. [21] For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, [22] adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. [23] All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”

Mark 7:19-23 NLT

Therefore, change your hearts and stop being stubborn. [17] “For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.

Deuteronomy 10:16-17 NLT

I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them. [7] I will give them hearts that recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.

Jeremiah 24:6-7 NLT

No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

Romans 2:29 NLT

Keep creating in me a clean heart. Fill me with pure thoughts and holy desires, ready to please you.

Psalm 51:10 TPT

Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. [13] You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

Hebrews 3:12-13 NLT

Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, [22] throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. [23] Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. [24] Put on your new nature, created to be like God-truly righteous and holy.

Ephesians 4:21-24 NLT

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17 NCV

“‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. [9] They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.'”

Matthew 15:8-9 NIV

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. [20] Then the Lord will give you times of spiritual rest. He will send you Jesus, the one he chose to be the Messiah.

Acts 3:19-20 ERV

“The LORD your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!”

Deuteronomy 30:6 NLT

He has been very kind and patient, waiting for you to change, but you think nothing of his kindness. Perhaps you do not understand that God is kind to you so you will change your hearts and lives.

Romans 2:4 NCV

“I know what you do, how hard you work and never give up. I know that you don’t accept evil people. You have tested those who say they are apostles but are not. You found that they are liars. [3] You never stop trying. You have endured troubles for my name and have not given up. [4] “But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning. [5] So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”

Revelation 2:2-5 ERV

You bless all of those who follow your commands from deep in their hearts [10] I worship you with all my heart. Don’t let me walk away from your commands.

Psalm 119:2,10 CEV

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Luke 6:45 NLT

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. [24] Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalm 139:23-24 NLT

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” [37] Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ [38] This is the first and greatest commandment.”

Matthew 22:36-38 NIV