James chapter 4 verse 8 says, Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners, and purify your hearts you double-minded. When we make the choice to draw near to the Lord there is a promise. There's a promise for us that he will draw near to us. But getting closer to God can really only happen when our hearts are clean before him, when sin is absent from our lives, and we have repented. And also when we love God with all of our heart, mind, and soul.
David desired to get close to God, because in Psalm 139 verse 23 to 24 he says, Search me O' God, and know my heart, try me and know my anxieties, and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. He had six requests to the Lord; search me, know my heart, try me, know my anxieties. In other words, know my thoughts and see if there is any wicked way in me, meaning, identify, reveal the sin that is in my life. And finally he said, lead me in your way in a way that pleases you. I believe we should all desire to draw closer to God, to draw nearer to him because he wants us to have a deeper personal relationship as Christians. We need to approach the Lord Jesus Christ to approach his throne of grace by prayer and in faith, and begin to pray just as David did.
Lord search me, search my motives, my mind, search my being, know my heart and remove all of the impurities, the unforgiveness, the hurt. Try me, meaning test me, Lord, because it is through the testing of our faith that we grow stronger, that we develop and mature as Christians. Pray that God would be the focus of your thoughts, and perhaps the most important place to begin is for God to see if there is any wicked way within you. May he reveal that hidden sin, the thing that we make excuses. For when it really is just sin, once he has revealed it, pray that he may take your hand and lead you in his will.
Let us pray, Father God, you are the strength of my salvation and I give thanks to your holy name. I desire to draw closer to you Lord and I begin by repenting. Forgive me for my sins forgive me for all that I have done wrong. I know that it is sin that separates me from you so I pray that your blood washes me clean. May I live a life that is consecrated in you. May the Holy Spirit strengthen and convict me to separate myself from the world because your word says, that I should not be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. Forgive me and wash my conscience clean. Help me to keep my eyes looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of my faith. In you Lord is everything I want and everything I can ever need. Lord Jesus, I desire to draw close to you because in First John chapter 4 verse 19 the Bible says, We love because he first loved us. You loved me before I ever knew you and I thank you. I thank you, because your word even says in Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 5, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Thank you for such a deep love, father God, for such an everlasting and eternal love that knows no bounds.
I desire to draw close to you because in Psalm 27 the Bible says, The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear. The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh my enemies and foes they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me my heart shall not fear though war may rise against me in this I will be confident of one thing. I have desired of the Lord 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, for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret place of his tabernacle he shall hide me, he shall set me high upon a rock. I bless your name Lord, and I thank you for being the strength of my life. I pray that just like David my only desire, the only thing that I will seek is to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Because if I abide in you I am kept safe and well I am hidden in your pavilion and set high upon a rock.
Holy Spirit, I pray that you would birth in me an appetite for the Word of God. An appetite for the Word of God in my life. Birth the hunger in me which will draw me closer to him. Birth in me an appetite for prayer, for worship, for communion with the Lord. And so I come to you Lord Jesus in recognition of your great and mighty power, in recognition of your love and mercy. I am seeking a relationship with you, a relationship that yields good fruit within me, a relationship that brings peace and protection and it brings a change within me. I worship your holy name Lord, and I adore you, Lord Jesus, your blood is living and it's powerful, and I pray that it will transform me totally. Do not let me stumble, O Lord, help me to overcome in the name of Jesus. You are a God full of compassion and I surrender my life, my family, into your caring hands. May your name be blessed and worshiped forever in Jesus name I pray, amen. ~By Hosiah Hope / GRACE FOR PURPOSE PRAYERS
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