A New Heart

In Nicky Gumbel's best seller , "A Life Worth Living" chapter one, he looks at the wonderfully good news that God can and will give to us a new heart. The theme that was set by Nicky in the Introduction was from Philippians Chapter 1 verse 6 , "For I am confident of this very thing, that HE who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." In this chapter, the emphasis is upon the new heart of Paul and by inference the new heart of the people of Philippi and further, it is about our own hearts today. Paul writes in Chap 1 verse 7 and 8, "For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all because I have you in my heart..." To have a heart is to feel, to care, to share, to love. And why does Paul carry them in his heart? It is because, "...since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of grace with me."