Preparation Day 3
I Thirst For You
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Good Morning Beauties!
We’ve come to our final day of preparation. Thank you for spending the needed time to access your expectations, discover any obstacles standing in your way, and creating an action plan to ensure your success.
Today, let’s look at your motivation. Why are you going on this journey and what will keep you going when you want to quit? Are you looking for a “feel good” time with God, where your emotions will have some healing? Are you ready to lay down parts of your life you’ve been holding in your firm grasp, and say, “Lord, I’m yours”? Are you wanting a deeper relationship with Jesus in hopes of new freedom? Only you know the answers, and be aware the impact of the journey on your life will be determined by your answers.
For me, God has brought me to a place in my life where my priority, my number one, my everything is Jesus. I long for more of Him. I long to know Him more, even when it’s excruciating, I must have more. I truly hunger and thirst for my Savior King.
Whatever the reason you’re here, use your journal to write your thoughts, emotions, hopes. Your motivation will have you meeting God everyday, even when it’s hard to get out of bed, find time when your kids need you, and when the enemy is hitting you with one thing after another. Your reason must be stronger than all these things.
Below is a beautiful scripture written by King David. Listen to his longing soul…
Thirsting For God
Psalm 63:1-8 - The Passion Translation
1 “O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness.
I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more,
with cravings in my heart that can’t be described.
Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God!
2 I’m energized every time I enter
your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power
and drink in more of your glory.
3 For your tender mercies mean more to me than life itself.
How I love and praise you, God!
4 Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart.
My arms will wave to you like banners of praise.
5 I overflow with praise when I come before you,
for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else.
You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul.
6–7 I lie awake each night thinking of you
and reflecting on how you help me like a father.
I sing through the night under your splendor-shadow,
offering up to you my songs of delight and joy!
8 With passion I pursue and cling to you.
Because I feel your grip on my life,
I keep my soul close to your heart.
Here is a beautiful song to inspire us in our love for Jesus as we grow deeper in our relationship with Him.
Tomorrow we start our journey. I am in prayer for us all, and I invite you to be in prayer as well. What you are about to encounter is life changing and needs to be bathed in prayer.
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.”