Don’t let your heart be hardened + Soften your heart

For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened. Mark 6:52

while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Hebrews 3:15

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Ezekiel 36:26,27

Don’t let your heart be hardened
Don’t let your love grow cold
May it always stay so childlike
May it never grow too old
Don’t let your heart be hardened
May you always know the cure
Keep it broken before Jesus
Keep it thankful, meek and pure

May it always feel compassion
May it beat as one with God’s
May it never be contrary
May it never be at odds
May it always be forgiving
May it never know conceit
May it always be encouraged
May it never know defeat

May your heart be always open
Never satisfied with right
May your heart be filled with courage
And be strengthened with all might

Let His love rain down upon you
Breaking up your fallow ground
Let it loosen all the binding
Till only tenderness is found

Songwriters: Bob Hartman

So many times I’ve tried to tell you
But I don’t think you’ve been listening
There’s nothing I wanna try and sell you
‘Cause His love is free

You’re so proud of saying you’re a seeker
But why are you searching in the dark
You won’t find a thing
Until you soften your heart

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la

The message is oh so very simple
You gotta be like a child to see
‘Cause Jesus said “Let the little children
Come unto Me”

You try to make things to complicated
But you really don’t have to be so smart
You don’t learn a thing
Until you soften your heart

La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

Well if this just this once
I could show you your empty life
I know you would follow Him right now

Well I know it sounds
Just too good to be true
But if He Lives in you

You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
You’ll live forever
You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
Take care of forever now

You tell everyone to keep on smiling
Your outlook on life is so positive
But deep down inside
You’re searching for a reason to live

Like everyone else you’re scared of dying
But the power of death has been blown apart
And you’ll live forever
If you soften your heart

You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
You’ll live forever
You’ll never die,
You’ll never die,
Take care of forever now

Songwriters: Keith Gordon Green / Melody Green