{"id":24889,"date":"2026-03-11T16:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:42:43","slug":"let-god-melt-your-heart-of-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/let-god-melt-your-heart-of-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Let God Melt Your Heart of Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind\u201d (Matthew 22:37).<\/p>\n<p>Jesus tells us this is <a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/movies-and-tv\/guideposts-classics-jane-wyman-on-the-ten-commandments\/\">the first and greatest commandment<\/a>\u2013and it\u2019s perhaps the hardest to keep. Sometimes we can honestly say, \u201cAll my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you\u201d (Psalm 38:9). Other times we truly try, but seem to make little progress in giving our whole life to God.<\/p>\n<p>Why? It\u2019s not always that we have deliberately hardened our hearts. Sometimes it\u2019s like a rock has grown around our fears or worries or hopes, making them impossible to open and impossible to release. But nothing is impossible if we seek God\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>These three prayers can help when your heart seems cold and stony:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<em> Lord, <a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/the-power-of-humility-2\/\">open my heart through humility<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite\u201d (Isaiah 57:15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<em> Lord, open my heart because I am a sinner.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cGod, have mercy on me, a sinner\u201d (Luke 18:13). \u201cCleanse me\u2026and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow\u201d (Psalm 51:7).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<em> Lord, open my heart to obedience.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cDon\u2019t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey\u2014whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?\u201d (Romans 6:16).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/emotional-and-mental-health\/when-to-surrender-to-god\/\">When we offer God our all<\/a>, we must offer it with the admission that we are flawed and imperfect, and attached to the flesh in ways we can\u2019t completely see or understand. We offer every weakness and sin, every wart and blemish. And what does God do in return? \u201cI will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh\u201d (Ezekiel 36:26).<\/p>\n<p><em>Let it be so, Lord Jesus!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind\u201d (Matthew 22:37). Jesus tells us this is the first and greatest commandment\u2013and it\u2019s perhaps the hardest to keep. 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