Jesus, Just give me Jesus...

Eccl. 3 There is a time and season FOR EVERY activity under heaven...

I surely will die...

I must have more of You Lord! It is You I crave Lord! You are my desire! I cast down my idols so that I may have You in your fullness, in Your glory, in Your splendor. You are my soul's delight. Though different seasons may come and go around me, You are my constant. You are my only One. Who am I without you? Nothing, mere dust. You created me, You designed my very being, You know my thoughts from afar...hear my cry Father. I am desperate for You. I must have You! I yearn, my heart yearns...true intimacy with You, my Lover, My King, My God. No one can compare with Your love...for You are love. You are truth. You are life. You are light. You are my shelter. You are my strong tower. You are my refuge. Oh God are you my refuge, my only one in whom I can truly depend. How I long to hear You whisper in my ear? How I long for You to draw close to me? So that I might lean back against you and pour myself out as a drink offering. My devotion and deep love that words cannot even begin to express. You, my King, are the reason I breathe. You are the reason I exists. Oh God that I might do Your name justice. That I might have ears to hear that I might respond, that I would have feet that will swiftly go, hands that will be strong and ready to builld, a heart that is pure and loves much...

I must have You Lord!

You are my only reality!

Friends. They come. And go. Relationships. They come. And go.

You, and only You remain. I am forever grateful my Love.

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Psalm 42:1
"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God."
The male deer is a single-minded creature. Once its sights are set on its goal, nothing can dissuade it. It will battle opponents to the death in order to succeed. Even for a drink of water, the male deer will not be stopped. Such single-mindedness is what the Lord desires of His children. The Lord loves to see real commitment that changes lives. To live for the Lord means to give oneself to Him, body, mind, and spirit. As the hart pursues the cooling brook with all that it has, so must we pursue our Lord.

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All the More

Mark 10

 46Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"  48Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." 50Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 51"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." 52"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

You see, my friends, the problem is that for too long, the bride of Christ has allowed our voice to be stiffled. We have allowed the world to beat us down, we've allowed situations and circumstances convince us this just must be the way it will alway be. What a picture that this story leaves us. Bartimeaus did not allow the crowd to be a voice of discouragement. He "SHOUTED ALL THE MORE" Hello! Come on! And so should the church find their voice again! And when the church, the bride, has found her voice it is time to "SHOUT ALL THE MORE" the kind of shout that causes Jesus to stop! Don't pass us by Lord! What is in your shout? Is it a cry of desperation? A cry that is insistent?A cry that says I can't live another moment without you Lord? Is it a shout that brings down walls? Is it a shout that sets captives free? Is it a shout that says I believe that greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world? What is in your shout?

Shout unto God with a voice of triumph! Shout unto God with a voice of praise! We lift Your name up! We lift Your name up! Cause the enemy has been defeated! And death couldn't hold you down! We're gonna lift our voice in victory! We're gonna make our praises loud!