What does it mean to you that God offers us a new heart? Meditate on that thought today and consider how it applies to your life.

Sometimes we’re caught up in the blizzard of other people’s sin. Pray for God to intervene in the storms of life. He knows your struggles.

Can you imagine being caught in a blizzard alone? Come in from the cold and seek shelter & accountability in a Life group.

What does the phrase, “to die to sin” mean to you? Meditate on that thought today and consider how it applies to your life.

Some frostbite (like toes in boots) is difficult to detect. Is there sin in your life that you are trying in vain to keep God from seeing?

Thank God today for the “frostbitten” areas of your life that he has already amputated. Offer him praise for his forgiveness.

Is there an area in your life where the cool breeze of sin is taunting you? Are you willing to give it up now, before the frostbite sets in?

Sin has a way of creeping into our lives like the cold. At first, it feels like a nice change of pace – a little nip in the air. A light breeze isn’t really a nuisance, so you ignore it. Then, the wind picks up, and the temperature steadily drops. You realize that you are caught out in the cold with no gloves. Sometimes the change happens drastically, and what used to be a bright and clear day suddenly becomes a blizzard.

You are snowed under, and the cold claims your extremities. You can’t feel your nose or fingers anymore. Unprotected, the numbness will turn to frostbite. If left untreated, the frostbitten areas may have to be amputated to avoid death.

The end result of sin is death (Romans 6:23), but praise God, there is a cure for this lethal frostbite of our hearts! However, there is a catch … it requires a voluntary death. We have to let the Lord amputate the dark, gangrenous, exposed areas of our life. We have to die to sin. Easter is a celebration of Christ’s resurrection, but the whole scenario only came about because he willingly gave up his life. As you think about your place in the Easter story, consider Paul’s words in Romans 6:5-7:

“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin” (NIV).

Don’t hold on to the frostbitten areas in your life. When we let go of our sin, we allow God to perform the most amazing transplant surgery imaginable—he gives us a new heart, one that is pumped full of his own Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26-27). We live!

When is the last time that your sin made you feel truly sorrowful? Do we make light of our wrongdoings? Talk to God about that today.

Thank God today for the changing of seasons. There is “a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). What season are you in?