Longing for God

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God - Psalm 84:2 .

As the dry and thirsty land where there is no water

O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory - Psalm 63:1,2. 

As the deer pants for streams of water

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God - Psalm 42:1,2. 

Like newborn babies, crave for God's Word

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good - 1 Peter 2:2.

Like a parched land 

I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land - Psalm 143:6.

More than watchmen

I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning - Psalm 130:6.

Soul satisfied as with marrow and fatness when praising

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips - Psalm 63:3-5.

Longing for God's commandments

I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands - Psalm 119:131.

My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times - Psalm 119:20.

In the morning

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you - Isaiah 26:9.

 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up - Psalm 5:3.

Taste and see

O taste and see that the Lord is good - Psalm 34:8.

How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth! - Psalm 199:103.

                      If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink - John 7:37.

          For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere - Psalm 84:10.

                                                                  

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us thirst and long for You more than anything. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.