Lord, I Need You

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need…Psalm 142:2

For several years, a group of individuals has met the first Sunday of the month to join together in prayer for our teens.

This group meets each month between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. to pray for our teens, our pastors, the leaders of our church, those who volunteer in various roles in our church, for families, as well as, whatever else God lays on the hearts of those who are praying.

This morning, there were only two of us who were able to meet for prayer!

However, as we bowed and lifted our hearts before the Lord, I believe we both felt an urgency to pray that our teens would seek God daily with their whole hearts!  We prayed that our teens would not only seek God on Sunday morning, but they would seek Him every single day for the rest of their lives.

This prayer wasn’t just for the teens…but it was a prayer for each us!  Living in today’s world, we know how desperately we need Jesus Christ in our lives.

The enemy would love nothing more than for us to be tempted by the things of this world instead of focusing on God. 

Scripture says…Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things…Philippians 4:8. 

We need to focus on things that please the Lord, and turn our backs upon the things the displease Him!

God desires for us to come to Him with all over our cares and concerns.  He desires us to seek Him for guidance…desiring Him to lead our every step!

As I headed into church service, my heart was still full of prayers that had just been prayed for our teens and our church family. 

During praise and worship, they played one of my favorite songs…Lord, I Need You…by Matt Maher.

As we continued to praise our Heavenly Father, the words of the song rang strong in my heart!  As Psalm 142:2 states…Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need! 

Oh, how our world needs Jesus!  We need to know of his saving grace!  We need to turn our backs upon sin and seek God like we never have before.

As the Praise and Worship Team sang the chorus, I joined in…lifting my heart to the Lord in praise and worship, singing:

            Lord, I need you, Oh, I need you

            Every hour I need you

            My one defense, my righteousness

            Oh God, how I need you

Those words beautifully expressed my heart this morning!  Oh, how we need you, Lord!  Every hour we need you!  I don’t even want to make one decision…take one step…without you, God!

As Pastor Brian preached, he shared how we could worship God in every season of 2015:  He shared:

·      Regular Weekly Worship Participation

·      Growing and Serving Together

·      Giving Generously

·      Know Him through Prayer and Scripture

·      Worship in your Brokenness

It was though his message was a continuation of our early Morning Prayer time!

I pray this would be the heart of every Christian in 2015!  I pray each of us would desire to worship our Heavenly Father in every season!!  I pray each of us would draw closer to Him this year!

Dear Heavenly Father…I continue to lift up my heart to you, saying Lord, I need you, Oh, how I need you!  Forgive me for the times I have tried to do things on my own!  I don’t want to live me life that way!  I desire to live my life, completely surrendered to you!!  Lord, I need you…every hour I need you…today and all the days of my life!