He WILL give you the desires of your heart! 40 Days of Prayer and Blessing

My sister Lisa often has great nuggets of wisdom to share with me, as she did last Friday before her only son’s wedding.  We were talking about trusting God and His perfect plan, even when it does not make sense.  It is difficult to dispute the wisdom that was spoken first by the inspired King David:

“Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”  

Later that day I read an email that contained a message titled, “Desires and Dreams of the Heart”, and I have learned to pay attention when I hear the same verse from two very different sources, 2 or more times in a day or week.  I share a snippet with you here:  

When we were made one with God, through Jesus Christ, the very desires of our heart had the potential to reflect the same desires that reside in God's heart. This is possible because the Holy Spirit – God – lives within us.   

Psalm 37:4 says, "Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you your heart's desires." 

Psalm 37:4 says that once our focus is on the Lord – delighting in Him – then our heart is in a place to actually desire the same things God desires. We must "take" our delight and deposit it in God. If our delight is placed elsewhere, then our desires will be birthed from the limitations of our own self-provision or from a kingdom that stands in direct opposition to God. In the end, we will begin to worry like an unbeliever because we have disconnected ourselves from a place of trust.

Day 35 – (16^th of February) Prayer Points from London:

Prayer for your 10+ men (Psalm 37) 

• Hope in the Lord and therefore inherit the land
• In times of disaster, not wither, in days of famine, enjoy plenty
• Be upheld by the Lord’s hand
• Have the law of their God on their heart and their feet not slip

Prayer for yourself:

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome [the spirits of this world], because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Additional Prayer points from Psalm 37 for your 10+ men:  

Father God, we pray for the men in our community, and for all men called to Kingdom marriages.  We declare over their spirits, that they will.....

• Trust in the LORD, and do good;
• Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness
• Delight yourself in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart!
• Commit you way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass....   He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noonday.  
• Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him
• Do not Fret - it only causes harm (This is stated three times!)
• Cease from anger, and forsake wrath
• Wait on the LORD, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land.

AMEN!  [so be it!]”  

Expecting to be amazed ~

Barbara

© Barbara Nelson – 2012