Search me and know my heart.
Psalm 139:23 (NIV)
Search me and know my heart. That can be a frightening thing to pray until we realize that He already knows everything there is to know about you and me. In fact, He knows things about us we don’t even know about ourselves, things that are hidden deep in our hearts. And He loves us still.
Sometimes we avoid coming to Him because we’re ashamed of those hidden things. That’s what happened to Adam and Eve in the Garden in Genesis chapter 3. God’s heart was saddened by their sin because it brought a separation between Himself and the creation He loved. They ran away from God in shame instead of running to God in repentance.
But even when they ran, God pursued them. He covered them. And He left them with hope and a promise of restoration. There’s nothing we have done, nothing we are doing, nothing we will ever think to do that could separate us from the love of God.
Would you join us as we pray today?
PRAYER POINTS FOR ME
- Heavenly Father, we trust You with all of our hearts. In fact, I make it personal and say I trust You with all of my heart, all of it. The good. The bad. The ugly. I know that I am safe with You.
- Father, would you search me? Would you know me? Would you help me change to be more like You?
- God, would you saturate my life with Your love today?
TODAY’S PRAYER FOR THE LOST IN WARREN, OHIO
Father, as we turn our attention and our focus towards the lost of this city, God we pray that You would open the eyes of those who don’t know You yet in the city of Warren. We ask that You would allow them to experience your relentless and saturating love and the safety that can be found as they yield their hearts to You. God, would you soften their hearts. Would you change their attitude even towards the church so that, Father, they might receive through someone who knows You an accurate picture of the love You have for them. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
We will see you back here tomorrow to pray together again.