21 Days of Prayer -Day 18 -Wednesday- August 23, 2023-- Prayer Focus - Daily Prayers For Growth
Job 42:5 (HCSB)
I had heard rumors about you, but now my eyes have seen You.
Psalm 139:1-6 (NLT)
O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!I spend asking God to do things for me but I don’t seem to spend much time for God to do things inside me.
I don’t just want God’s power externally, but I also want it internally.
David has a revelation, God doesn’t just look at us and see a crowd, he sees an individual.
David was overwhelmed by God’s goodness.
In this text, David is always using the working of “you and I.” He’s acknowledging that God is working in his life - working inside him.
Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
This is David’s prayer. David is so much in love with God, he says I’m just going to keep running toward you.
What would it look like for all us if we ask God to “investigate our lives” from the depths - to truly search us.
We should leave 21 days of prayer with us looking totally different than when we started.
Daily Prayers for Growth
1.Search and show me.
God dig out the things in my life .. dig out the treasures in my life that I have not accessed.
If there are any areas that don’t look like Jesus, please remove them.
2.Test and renew my thoughts.
David since you know my anxious thoughts, cross examine my thoughts and remove any thoughts that are not glorifying you.
Holy Spirit - renew my mind.
3.Point out and lead me.
Change me Lord and guide me - lead me into a deeper relationship with you
