Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A New Heart


The right heart is broken and contrite

The new heart has new likes and dislikes

New joys and new desires

New fear and new fires

The new heart is now fighting a new fight.


The new heart sees sin and pride anew

It has new sorrows and new hopes in view

Its tastes and prayers are changed

Its passions are rearranged

It turns to Christ in all it seeks to do...


A new start with a new heart

A heart  Christ makes holy and sets apart

No more a heart of stone- made flesh in Christ alone

Living water flows from its innermost part

Praise the Lord- He has given a new heart!


A new heart is humble and is lowly

A new heart‘s great desire's to be more holy

To self-righteousness and pride

And to Sin it has died

A new heart looks to Jesus only


Christ is the compass needle where it turns

For peace and mercy in Jesus it yearns

On Christ alone, it feeds

For He meets all it needs

Christ is the fire with which the new heart burns


A new start with a new heart

A heart that Christ makes holy and set apart

No more a heart of stone- made flesh in Christ alone

Living water flows from its innermost part

Praise the Lord-He has given a new heart! 

Praise the Lord-He has given a new heart!


Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 5:17

Psalm 51:17; 2 Kings 22:19

Romans 10:10; Ephesians 3:17

Hebrews 10:22; John 7:38

after J. C. Ryle

March 31, 2026

Anthony Foster


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