Romans 10:9-10 says a key to salvation is when you "believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead." Paul asked God to strengthen the Ephesians with power "so that Christ may dwell in your hearts" (Eph 3:17). Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 1:22 that God has put his Spirit "in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." In Jeremiah 24:7, the prophet wrote that God will give the people a heart to know him, that he is the Lord. Jesus said, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me" (Matt 15:8) about people who didn't know God personally.
It's in the heart where we get to know God in a personal way. He's chosen to live in our hearts; the central place in our lives- and when he does, he sets things in order. He organizes our priorities, rearranges our values, and reveals sin that must be addressed. Parents often become the hands and feet God uses to mold a child's heart. Our job is to find out where God is working and then partner with him to do the deeper work necessary in our kids' lives.
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