Ezekiel 11:19-20 ” I will give them an undivided heart and put a new Spirit in them. I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Them they will follow My decrees and be careful to keep My Laws.”

Sometimes the very best thing you can do for someone is to back away, pray for them, and allow God to do what only He can do. It may be your wayward child who has turned their back on everything you’ve taught them in the past about Jesus. Or it may be a close friend who is going down the wrong path with a relationship. Then again, it may be a family member who’s making unwise & potentially dangerous life-style decisions. When we’ve talked ourselves blue in the face and they still refuse to listen in defiance & disobedience…it’s time to release them to God. For God loves them more than we will ever, He knows every detail of their life, and He can turn any situation around for good. And when we allow the Holy Spirit to work in their lives, He can woo, reveal, convict, and admonish as only the Holy Spirit can do. I know it’s difficult, but sometimes the only way a person will look up, is when they find themselves lying in the gutter.