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From: The Message/Remix: Solo, An Uncommon Devotional Day 75

Tell God Your Desire

Read
Read Psalm 13.  Read the passage with passion, experiencing for yourself the shift in emotion. Here is a link to the psalm from an online bible:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+13&version=NRSV

Think
As you hear the psalmist’s desire for God’s attention, be aware of how you feel similarly.  Search your awareness of what you want or need from God until you have a name for that desire.  Desiring something practical, like a good outcome is fine.  But paus to see what deeper desire might be behind it – perhaps a single word like ‘significance’ or a phrase like “to know that you love me no matter what.”

Now think about what name for God is most meaningful to you in light of the desire you just pinpointed.  For example, if you desire a God who will radically alter a difficult circumstance, perhaps you will think of him as Powerful One.  If you desire a God who will soothe your hurts and hold you close, perhaps you will think of him as Daddy.

Pray
Consider that God is inviting you to express what you want.  Tell him honestly and plainly.  Combine your deeper desire with the name you chose for God.  End up with a prayer that is six to nine syllables long, such as “Powerful One, give me justice.”  Use the next several minutes to pray this prayer to God, repeating it with each breath.

Live
Throughout the day, pray your phrase as often as possible – as you drive, as you wait in line, as you exercise.  At times your prayer may be in the foreground of your thoughts; at others, in the background.  At the end of the day, think about how God responded to your desire.

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