{"id":1973,"date":"2018-01-05T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T17:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2018-01-05T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T17:04:13","slug":"prayers-that-touch-gods-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/05\/prayers-that-touch-gods-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers That Touch God\u2019s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/in-the-hand-of-god-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/in-the-hand-of-god-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/in-the-hand-of-god-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/in-the-hand-of-god-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/in-the-hand-of-god.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>What does God desire?<\/h6>\n<h6>What is on His heart?<\/h6>\n<h6>When looking from His, perspective, how would my prayers start?<\/h6>\n<h6>Surely not, God I want, or, God can you please give me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>God\u2019s desire is so much more, He looks for humility.<\/h6>\n<h6>Long ago before we were born God set all in motion<\/h6>\n<h6>His heart\u2019s desire was that His children would give Him all their devotion\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>His desire for you and me is to be a Holy Nation\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>A people set apart, to live and laugh and love in total adoration<\/h6>\n<h6>His love for us is limitless,<\/h6>\n<h6>To love Him back is all He asks<\/h6>\n<h6>He\u2019ll carry us on eagles\u2019 wings, and treasure us as His own living beings<\/h6>\n<h6>Because, He, is God\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>He is the creator of the universe, and Oh how His heart sings\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>When He hears the voice of the redeemed\u2026<em>praying<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>For when we acknowledge who He is and how His blood has made us clean<\/h6>\n<h6>Why there isn\u2019t anything\u2026He wouldn\u2019t give\u2026if you know Him, you know what I mean\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>God, wash me and I will be whiter than snow<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Cleanse me so that I may know<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>The beauty of your Holiness,<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Let your desires be mine,<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>To be Christ-like, let me have your mind\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>To forgive, and love, and offer you, all that I am or ever will be<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Let your love shine abundantly through me\u2026to offer love, so others may see<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>You living; don\u2019t let them see me\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>This is my prayer, I pray to thee!<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>My dar\u2019lyn child you\u2019ve touched the heart of God\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>January 5, 2018<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>The Soul Takes Flight Poetry<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Deuteronomy 7:6 New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong><em>For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Exodus 19:1-6 <\/em><em>New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2018<\/em><em>You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles\u2019 wings and brought you to myself.<\/em><em> Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.\u2019<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>1 Peter 2:9-10 <\/em><em>New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong><em>But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God\u2019s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.<\/em><strong><em> <sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>Once you were not a people, but<\/em> <\/strong><em>now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Ephesians 2:10 <\/em><em>New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong><em>For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Ephesians 1:5-10 <\/em><em>The Message (MSG) <\/em><em>The God of Glory <\/em><\/strong><em>How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He\u2019s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth\u2019s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we\u2019re a free people\u2014free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does God desire? What is on His heart? When looking from His, perspective, how would my prayers start? Surely not, God I want, or, God can you please give me\u2026 God\u2019s desire is so much more, He looks for humility. 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