DAY 16 ~ Holy Desperation!
“As the deer pants for water...so my soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” (Psalm 42:1-2a)
We need holy desperation for the presence and ministry of Jesus to move out of our complacent satisfied existence. Desperation is the underlying fuel that ignites our hearts. If we aren’t longing for Jesus, our ministry activities will be routine and hollow.
To be desperate means to be without hope in our current condition, knowing that in our own power we don’t have the necessary resources required to change things. We must become desperate enough to change our lifestyle and priorities, our time commitments and resources. Everything must be a secondary activity to the desperate pursuit of God in our midst.
The cry of desperation pierces through religious veneer and rhetoric; the very act of crying out to God wakes up the human heart. We are people in desperate need of the manifest presence of Jesus in our midst.
Prayer Points:
*God, forgive me for my complacency. I recognize my lack of desperation. Would you make me desperate for Your presence.
*Forgive me for my religious veneer and rhetoric. I cry out to You God, realizing there is no hope in my life, family, church, and city without Your Presence.
To be desperate means to be without hope in our current condition, knowing that in our own power we don’t have the necessary resources required to change things. We must become desperate enough to change our lifestyle and priorities, our time commitments and resources. Everything must be a secondary activity to the desperate pursuit of God in our midst.
The cry of desperation pierces through religious veneer and rhetoric; the very act of crying out to God wakes up the human heart. We are people in desperate need of the manifest presence of Jesus in our midst.
Prayer Points:
*God, forgive me for my complacency. I recognize my lack of desperation. Would you make me desperate for Your presence.
*Forgive me for my religious veneer and rhetoric. I cry out to You God, realizing there is no hope in my life, family, church, and city without Your Presence.
