Luke 10:41-42, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but ONE THING is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” May the one thing Mary chose be the one thing we forever seek: to sit at the Lord’s feet, listen to His teaching, […]
James 1:14-17, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down
Galatians 5:16-17, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh…” May an overriding desire for Christ, granted by the indwelling Spirit, drive us to
Proverbs 5:3-4, “The lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.” It is true of all idolatry…
Luke 9:23, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” To take up our cross means to follow after Jesus Christ–the Beautiful One who has satisfied our soul, who is the End of all our Desiring, who is Divine Love incarnate. It means to press
Habakkuk 3:17-18, “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet will I rejoice in YHWH; I will take joy in
John 4:10, “Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.” The crucified and risen Christ, communicated by the indwelling Holy Spirit IS the water that every
Psalm 143:6, “I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land…” As water is to soil, so the living God is to the human soul. And we receive the water of His presence only by His Spirit and only in the person of the crucified and risen
Psalm 16:2, “I say to YHWH, “You are my Lord; I have no good besides you.” Any created good that we receive is a refracted communication to us of the goodness and beauty of God in Christ. Apart from Him, there is no lasting good.
Philippians 4:19, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” God’s glory in Christ satisfies every insufficiency, every lack, every longing, and every loss. There is no human need that does not find its deepest answer in Jesus Christ–crucified and risen.
Galatians 5:16, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” May we slaughter sin through a superior and Spirit-born desire for the things of God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:18, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image…”
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Mark 4:19, “…desires for other things enter in and choke the word…” Most of U.S. culture runs on “desires for other things”
Psalm 145:16, “You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” It happened on the cross.
John 12:32, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” The exalted Christ = spiritual gravity
Hosea 6:3,”Let us know; let us press on to know YHWH” Our sin-slowed pursuit will soon be exponential and full of joy.
1 Corinthians 4:5, “[The Lord] will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart.”
John 8:44, “…you are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires…” Desire determines perception
John 6:35, “Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” Every desire met in Him.
Psalm 130:6, “My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”
