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Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened
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Aug 23, 2026 updated
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Petra's song 'Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened' is a prayerful exhortation based on Psalm 95:7-8 and Hebrews 3:13, urging believers to keep their hearts soft, childlike, and open before God. The lyrics ask for a heart that feels compassion, forgives, and remains thankful and pure, while warning against coldness and pride. It emphasizes allowing God's love to break up hard ground and bring tenderness. The song encourages a life of humility, courage, and dependence on God, making it a fitting piece for reflection on spiritual responsiveness and surrender.
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[Based on Psalm 95:7-8, Hebrews 3:13]
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 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