"...I Will Put My Spirit In You..." Ezekiel 36:25-28 “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I 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. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.” NIV This morning I begin with confession. The Spirit of the Lord is holding me accountable in your presence. As your pastor, I have brought you the best of myself in service to the Kingdom of God. Yet in my prayers before the Holy Spirit, I am hearing a different prayer springing forth from my heart. In those prayers, I have heard words, my words of confession and disappointment. These words from my heart acknowledge a shift in the season of this fellowship and my own life. There is a deep realization that God is calling us, you and me, into a