“A Lifestyle of Prayer”

A New Yearning!

“How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
Psalm 84:1-2 (NIV)

This week’s prayer emphasis will conclude a three week focus on living with a new CRY as we pray about having a new yearning.  Just as our actions follow our thoughts, our commitment and resolve tend to follow our deepest held desires.  What are you longing for the most this week?  God wants all of our longings to flow from our yearning for Him so that He is in all, through all, and above all in everything we seek.  As you pray this week, ask God to help you accurately evaluate the things you yearn for.  Pray that your longing for Him would grow each day.  Pray for a reordering of your priorities so that your heart and flesh would cry out for the living God in all circumstances.  Pray that you would be more in tune with the things that matter to God and are expressed to us from His heart.  Pray that crying out with a new yearning would help you to treat others as Jesus would as you lift Him up at all times.

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”
Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) 

Please pray each day for God’s help in crying out to Him with a new yearning.

Sunday: Pray for your church staff, the preaching and teaching that takes place, the church leadership, the volunteers that are helping in so many areas, the spiritual and financial health of the congregation, and the work of the missions ministry of the church.  Pray for me (Tom Lemler) and the work of Impact Prayer Ministry.

Monday:  A New Yearning To Meet With God.  Pray that you would grow in your yearning to meet with God on your own and in fellowship with others.  Pray that you would always know the nearness of God and His desire for you to meet with Him.  Pray that you would share with others the benefit of longing for God.  “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.  When can I go and meet with God?”  Psalm 42:2 (NIV)

Tuesday:  A New Yearning To Receive From God.  Pray that you would approach God with open hands as you long to receive what only He can give.  Pray that you would yearn for the things of God more than you long for all other things.  Pray that your soul would be satisfied with all good things as you go to God with open hands.  “I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.”  Psalm 143:6 (NIV)

Wednesday:  A New Yearning Of the Soul.  Pray that your longing for God would rise from the very depths of your soul.  Pray for a growing desire that seeks God during every moment of your life.  Pray that the yearning of your soul would not only draw you to God at all times, but would also help others see how God fills you.  “My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you.”  Isaiah 26:9 (NIV)

Thursday:  A New Yearning Of Compassion.   Pray that you would learn from the compassion of God for those who are disobedient.  Pray that your yearning for the compassion of God would fill you with a compassion for others.  “‘Though I often speak against him, I still remember him.  Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,’ declares the LORD.”  Jeremiah 31:20 (NIV)

Friday:  A New Yearning For Righteousness.  Pray that your longing for God’s righteousness would be filled by His presence.  Pray that your yearning for righteousness would come from a constant desire to be more like Jesus.  Pray that you would always be ready to share of the righteousness of God with those who see you filled by it.  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”  Matthew 5:6 (NIV)

Saturday:  A New Yearning For Jesus.  Pray that your thirst would always lead you to Jesus.  Pray that you would always respond with desire to the calling of God.  Pray that your yearning for Jesus to come would be fulfilled in your life and freely shared with others.  “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.”  Revelation 22:17 (NIV)