This went on for a long time.

God’s mercies poured out on us in Christ create in us a longing for transformation.

If health or a long life was your ambition in life, what will be your portion then?

Ask the Lord to make you faithful unto death and to make your longing for heaven greater than your fear

He states earlier in this often-quoted psalm how his soul, in its longing for the Lord, is like a deer He is evidently far away from Jerusalem and longs to be in the house of the Lord. Some scholars believe this is a psalm David wrote when he was in hiding due to the threats from his son , all of our hope is in the Lord who has reconciled us to Himself through the precious blood of His son

while it is true that God gives us many good gifts to enjoy, He alone will finally satisfy the deepest longings As the apostle Paul says in Romans 8:23-25, “We wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of

The Scriptures sing from cover to cover the praises of His faithfulness to all His children—His faithfulness glows in her person; for today she is a radiant wife and a joy-filled mother of a fourteen month-old son

This means that when sinners put their faith in Christ—when they are “found in Him”—His righteousness Notice that the righteousness Paul counts on having “from God” is pursued with a longing to “be found The righteousness that he has is his because he is “found in Christ.” Thus “being found in Christ” is the way to “have a righteousness not my own.” (p. 81–82) This same truth is found in other biblical texts such as Romans 5:12–19; 2 Corinthians 5:21

Use it today, dear son, dear daughter, and every single day! Hide it in your heart through memory. O, how I delight to hear your voice and your heart singing to Me, talking to Me, asking Me for help and

Not long after that, I received an email that made it clear they were going to take a different approach

³⁶As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to The comfort of Christ’s love is expressed by God’s rich grace when He gave up His Son (vv. 31-32).

near to God, and He will draw near to you I hug this verse to my heart so very often because I have found Jesus' feet to learn; like Jacob, who clung to Him until He promised to bless him; passionate love and longing