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<p> &quot;<strong>The Lord opened her heart</strong> to respond to Paul's message.&quot; Acts 16:14<br />
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    Every heart by nature, is closed against God.<br />
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    <em>Nothing can open a sinner's heart</em>—but invincible divine power. It takes the same power to open a sinner's heart—as it did to create the world, or to raise the dead body of Jesus from the grave! <br />
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    Until the heart is opened . . .<br />
    the Word will not enter,<br />
    sound conviction will not be felt,<br />
    the gospel message will not be received. <br />
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    The <em>preacher </em>may preach, <br />
    <em> judgment </em>may thunder, <br />
    <em>mercy </em>may call—<br />
    but until God opens the heart—all is in vain!<br />
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    Sometimes He throws the heart <em>wide open at once</em>—and the change is striking, startling and apparent to all. <br />
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    Sometimes He opens it by degrees—and then the change is gradual and almost imperceptible. <br />
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    But if the heart is opened at all—God has done it!<br />
    And being once opened—it is never quite closed again.<br />
    He opens—and no man shuts! <br />
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    May the Lord open our hearts, and open them wide, and fill them with His glory!
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