God sees your heart – and He wants to change your life (TV Audio #608)

(Filmed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2026) I remember an experience in Siberia about 30 years ago. We had chartered an Antonov 24 with 25 members of our staff on board. I told the pilot, “I’m paying for this, so I want to fly it!” He put me in the pilot’s seat, disconnected the autopilot and said, “You are flying.” I loved it – but the other passengers were terrified! There is a spiritual lesson in that. God wants to take control of your life. He is the only One who can bring you safely through every difficulty. The Bible says, “God is love.” He is not only a judge; He loved us so much that He sent His Son to pay the price for our sin and set us free. But God wants more than our forgiveness – He wants our hearts. He wants our love. He wants our lives. I learned something about love when I was 21. I was preaching my first major evangelistic crusade when an 18-year-old musician gave her life to Jesus and joined my team. I fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. But I needed to know that she loved me as much as I loved her. She did. And for all these years, her love has never changed. She stood with me through cancer, prison and my years of ministry in the Soviet Union. That helps me understand something of God's love for us. He loves us individually and completely. He knows our difficulties, our failures and our needs. Yet He asks us to respond by giving Him our hearts. I have seen God's power work in extraordinary ways. In one Russian stadium, a crippled man came forward asking me to pray that he would stop smoking. My interpreter did not translate my prayer correctly. Instead, I prayed, “God, this man is crippled. Heal his leg.” The man thought I had prayed about his cigarettes. He threw them on the ground and, with his previously broken leg, jumped on them. Then he suddenly realised he had been healed. He ran the length of the football field and jumped over the barrier! God saw his heart – and God sees your heart. On another occasion in Ukraine, I asked everyone with broken bones or crippled limbs to come forward. Twelve people came. I prayed, and every one of them was healed. That day, hundreds experienced miracles. I have experienced God's healing in my own life. I have been healed of throat cancer and lung cancer. I have known hunger and spent a year in prison, but through every circumstance, God has remained in control. Even my release from prison was a miracle. Just three days later, I was preaching to 10,000 people in London. Over the following two years, I preached to around two million people and saw a quarter of a million come to Christ. God had taken control of the circumstances of my life. Whatever you are facing today – sickness, sin, trouble or fear – God knows your need. But He does not simply want you to come to Him for what He can give you. He wants your heart. Jesus first loved you. He loved you enough to give His life for you. Now He is calling you to give your life to Him. If you will seek Him with all your heart, you will find Him. Give Jesus your heart. Let Him take control of your life. “God, I give You my heart. You first loved me. You loved me enough to send Your Son to deliver me and forgive me. I give You my love, and from today I will live for Jesus and demonstrate my love for You. Amen.” God bless you. Watch the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/0kFH-PirQwA  For more information on the Ministry of David Hathaway https://www.eurovision.org.uk