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Friends, I am undone.  I’ve had a rough 24 hours with some unresolved issues, but things are getting better.  Tonight, late, I turned on the Prayer Room at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. (By the way, the worship stream is live 24/7, and it’s FREE to listen and watch.)  My oldest son is there participating in the Fire In The Night Internship.  Every night before I go to bed I turn on the stream, hoping to get a glimpse of him.  He is in the prayer room from midnight to 6AM, Kansas City time.

The heart of God that is coming forth in the spontaneous song in the night watch hours is unraveling everything that I’ve been holding onto.  It’s caused me to come once again to lay it all down, before His Throne of Grace and admit that I am nothing without Him, that I cannot do this on my own, and that I am in great need of Him.  I cannot make the pieces of my life fit together.  Only Jesus.

One spontaneous song came forth that just ripped my heart wide open to call on my Heavenly Father to once again invade that place that I continually try to hold on to.  There is something about the unwritten, spontaneous song that draws me to my knees.  I realize you can’t hear the melody, but just read the words and allow them to minister to you:

I keep seeking,
I keep kocking.
I keep asking.
I won’t stop until I find You.

For this treasure.
And this calling.
There’s nothing better.
Nothing else can satisfy.

This is my heart’s confession.
The only way to true contentment.
When I find all of my fountains are in You.
And everything else is just added unto me.
Because all that I am seeking is the Kingdom and Your righteousness.
It’s that one necessary thing.  To find the knowledge of God.

You are my everything.
You are my great reward.
I bring every other longing into this
pursuit to find the knowledge of God.

You are my everything.
And You are my Great Reward.
When all else is fading away
Only You remain.

All I want, all I want is You.
It’s You I’m clinging to.
All I need, all I need is You.
In every painful circumstance.
All I want, all I want is You.
You’re the answer,
You’re the only One.

All my fountains are in You.
All my longings answer to You.
All my fountains are in You.
You satisfy me.

I won’t try to numb the pain.
Won’t try to fill the pain with something lesser than.
I’ll just keep seeking until I find You.
You have promised you would fill the hungry heart.

I won’t give up, Oh I will wait.
And I’ll believe, I’ll live this life of faith.
The God of hope fills with joy and peace
those who believe.

Father, help me to pursue You in the hour of my greatest need, for only You can satisfy.  Only You can fill the voids deep inside.  Lord I need You.  Lord, I desire You, above all others.  Wil you come once again and fill my aching heart with You?  Will You give to me the knowledge of God that is found in Christ Jesus and in Him alone?  May every longing of my heart be brought into the pursuit of knowing You!  I won’t give up.  I’ll keep asking, I’ll keep knocking, I’ll keep seeking. Give me the faith to believe. Fill me with Your joy and peace, for You are My Great Reward!”

Join me in prayer today for Myra of My Blessed Life.

Father, I thank you for Myra and her presence in this big world of blogging.  I thank you for the inspiration and creative gifts you’ve given her that she uses to encourage so many each and every day.

Lord I ask that you would rain down abundant blessings and provision on my sister and her family.  I get a sense that You are about to bring Myra into a new season.  I do not know what that looks like Father, but You do.  And it’s because of her faithfulness in the small things that You see fit to enlarge her capacity.  Father as she steps into this new season, would you go before her?  Will you be her rear guard and would you walk beside her every step of the way?

I thank you for the beauty that she creates in her space and I ask that you would increase her sphere of influence.  Not for her glory, Lord, but for Yours.  I pray that with each visit to her space, women would see Your beauty.

Father I pray a blessing over her husband and son today.  I ask that you give her husband wisdom as he leads His family, and that you encourage Him in all that he does.  I pray that her son would know and understand your great love for him, and that he would be full of joy!

Would you take a moment to stop by Myra’s space and say hello?

I am loving the opportunity to intentionally pray for some of the bloggers who I have learned love.  I just may have to make this a regular bi-monthly or quarterly feature here on my space.

Today, please join me in praying for a beautiful woman who I am so thankful to have gotten to know through blogging — Laura of Journey in Faith.

Father, I thank you for my sister Laura and for her heart to share Your Word with other women.  She has encouraged my heart on so many occasions.  I love the way she uses her on line presence to bring glory to Your Name.

I ask that you would fill my sister to overflowing with your peace and joy.  She is so poured out — to family, friends, sisters in Christ.  Would you come and pour into her Lord, filling every crack and crevice, so that she can pour out again?  May she truly uncover the deep joy that comes from abiding in You!

Lord, you alone know the deep desires of her heart.  I know that she yearns for more of You Father.  So I ask that You draw her close, that You would commune with her and encourage her heart as she meets with You in the secret place.  I can almost hear You saying to her, “My girl, I am so very proud of you.  I have brought you forth for such a time as this.  I am so pleased with You.  You delight my heart”.  Father, truly, Laura is Your heart’s delight.  Would you help her to understand how very much You desire her?

Would you be with her family today?  Would you bless her husband and may all that his hands touch bring glory to You.  May her children walk in the knowledge of the reality of a true and living God and may they find their security in You and You alone.

Father I thank You for the light that Laura brings to so many through blogging.  May You continue to give her wisdom and revelation, and open her heart to receive more so that she can continue encouraging the hearts of woman.  She truly is a woman after your heart, one that desires to bring glory to You.  May you continue to speak through her writing, bringing hope, healing and encouragement to those who visit.

Would you stop by Laura’s blog today and let her know you are praying for her?