Opening Prayer:
O
Lord, I am so hungry and thirsty for you!
Meet me now, during this time, and speak to the deepest places of my
heart and soul. Capture me with your
great love and affection that I might love those in this world freely and
well. In your name, by your power, and
for your glory. Amen.
Scripture: Psalm 42:1-5
Journal: How does Psalm 42 speak for your heart right
now? How does it speak to your
heart?
Reflection:
I speak to thirsty hearts whose longings have been
wakened by the touch of God within them. (Pursuit of God by A. W.
Tozer)
Each of us, for instance, carries around
inside himself, I believe, a certain emptiness—a sense that something is
missing, a restlessness, the deep feeling that somehow all is not right inside
his skin. (The Magnificent Defeat by Frederick Buechner)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: As the deer longs for streams of water, so I
long for you, O God. I thirst for God,
the living God. When can I go and stand
before him? Day and night I have only
tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, “Where is this
God of yours?” My heart is breaking as I
remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a
great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid
the sound of a great celebration! Why am
I discouraged? Why is my heart so
sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again—my Savior and my
God! (Psalm 42:1-5, NLT)
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