Psalm 37:4 - Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Delight - to derive ones pleasure from God
Psalm 27:4 - One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
Psalm 42:1-2 - As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalm 63:1 - O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
Philippians 3:8 - Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 ¶ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Give - to give, to grant, distribute - not put the desires although I believe that too
Psalm 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah
Matthew 7:11 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Desires - requests, petitions, desires
Mark 11:22-24
I Corinthians 14:1
Heart - down deep
NO pursuit - either lack of faith, or absents of desire
Conclusion:
Mt 6:31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
John 15:7 - If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
Dont allow trouble to lead or dictate your prayers... know your desires.
32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
John 15:7 - If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
Dont allow trouble to lead or dictate your prayers... know your desires.
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