Cultivating a Healthy Heart - Seek One Thing | August 25, 2024

I recently read about a man in a church that my brother-in-law pastors, who shows up every Sunday and walks into the church auditorium. What does he pray for? Five things: Conviction. He prays that God uses the Word in a way that brings conviction to the hearts of people. Brokenness. He prays that having been convicted, people would experience a form of brokenness and godly sorrow over their sin. Repentance. Having been convicted and broken, he prays it leads people to life change as they turn away from sin and look to God. Reconciliation. Having turned their hearts to the Lord, he prays that people would experience two forms of reconciliation. First, a reconciliation between God and them. Secondly, a reconciliation between people and people. Joy. Ultimately, once people act on what they hear and turn their hearts to the Lord, he prays for the fullness of God’s joy to fill them. What if we started to pray like that man for ourselves and others each Sunday? If you came to the Prayer Encounter at Shiloh this past Wednesday, we learned about how to pray using the ancient prayer book of God’s People - the Psalms. We prayed for the next generation of kids, youth and young adults at TBC. And we learned to pray for conviction, brokenness, repentance, reconciliation and joy. This Sunday, we conclude our series on cultivating the heart with the emphasis on seeking one thing. We are to seek the Lord. Prayer is one of the chief ways we seek the Lord. Beloved, seek Jesus with all your heart. Make prayer a priority in your life.