Cry out for mercy
I finally got a Saturday off (haven't had one off in months except for last week but I was on vacation and got home from the airport late) but I knew that the most important thing for me to do was to stay home and seek His presence today. The only really thing that I had planned on doing today was seeking Him. I am so desperate for Him.
I was led to listen to past Revive Our Hearts radio broadcasts by Nancy Leigh DeMoss on the series of Brokenness: The Heart God Revives. As I began to listen to the broadcasts, I began to weep and I cried out for the mercy and grace that I desperately needed. In His presence, we see ourselves as we really are...which is nothing without Him. The closer we get to God, the more we will see our own need.
I am beginning to experience a fresh sense of brokenness and tenderness in my heart towards the Lord and I'm feeling a fresh revival starting in my heart. The heart that God revives is the broken and humble heart. We will never meet God in revival until we have first met Him in brokenness.
God's grace is such a blessing. The awesome thing about it all is that the whole time that I was rejecting God and doing my own will, He was there waiting for me to turn back to Him with His lovingly arms wide open.
PSALM 34: 15-22 NLT
15 The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. 16 But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. 17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. 18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit. 19 The righteous face many troubles, but the LORD rescues them from each and every one. 20 For the LORD protects them from harm  not one of their bones will be broken! 21 Calamity will surely overtake the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished. 22 But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. Everyone who trusts in him will be freely pardoned.
I was led to listen to past Revive Our Hearts radio broadcasts by Nancy Leigh DeMoss on the series of Brokenness: The Heart God Revives. As I began to listen to the broadcasts, I began to weep and I cried out for the mercy and grace that I desperately needed. In His presence, we see ourselves as we really are...which is nothing without Him. The closer we get to God, the more we will see our own need.
I am beginning to experience a fresh sense of brokenness and tenderness in my heart towards the Lord and I'm feeling a fresh revival starting in my heart. The heart that God revives is the broken and humble heart. We will never meet God in revival until we have first met Him in brokenness.
God's grace is such a blessing. The awesome thing about it all is that the whole time that I was rejecting God and doing my own will, He was there waiting for me to turn back to Him with His lovingly arms wide open.
PSALM 34: 15-22 NLT
15 The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. 16 But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. 17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. 18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit. 19 The righteous face many troubles, but the LORD rescues them from each and every one. 20 For the LORD protects them from harm  not one of their bones will be broken! 21 Calamity will surely overtake the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished. 22 But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. Everyone who trusts in him will be freely pardoned.
posted by ENS at 11:28 AM
2 Comments:
Nancy Leigh DeMoss is awesome. I have read "Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free." A very good book. Elizabeth Elliot is great too. Have you read anything by her?
I found Nancy Leigh DeMoss a while back and I read some of her articles but lately God has led me back to her teachings. They are speaking so much to my heart and they are helping me so much. I recently just ordered her Revive Our Hearts Trilogy series, which includes her books Holiness, Surrender and Brokennes. I am so looking forward to reading them.
I have not heard about Elizabeth Elliot before but i will definitely check her out.
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