Revival Life Church

God Leads Us Home In this message, you will discover why conviction is evidence of God’s grace, how Holy Spirit changes a resistant heart into one that can respond to God, and how His leading brings us into the life with God we were created for. God’s work of restoration begins with His initiative. Ezekiel 36:24–28 describes Israel in exile after sin and idolatry had scattered them from the land God had given them. God promises, “I will take,” “I will gather,” and “I will bring.” God comes looking for His people, cleanses them, changes their hearts, and brings them home. Conviction is Holy Spirit working within us to make our hearts responsive to God. Sin hardens the heart until resisting God can begin to feel normal, but God promises to replace the heart of stone with a heart of flesh. Conviction is therefore a gift: “The very fact that you feel conviction is proof that Holy Spirit is still working in your life.” God also cleanses what we picked up while living away from Him. Habits, fears, bitter