Daily writing prompt

What is your all time favorite automobile?

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Wake Up to (Godly) Desire

To truly know Jesus, you must desire to continually encounter and interact with Him. It’s not enough just to think about Him or study about Him or hear a religious talk about Him. That’s why the Bible says:

“Seek first the kingdom of God,” (Matthew 6:33) “hunger and thirst for righteousness,” (Matthew 5:6) “draw near to God,” (James 4:8) “press toward . . . the high calling of God,” (Philippians 3:14) “fight the good fight of faith,” (1 Timothy 6:12) “preserver to the end” (Matthew 24:13) “keep your spiritual fervor,” (Romans 12:11) “do not grow weary in well doing,” (2 Thessalonians 3:13) “fan into flame the gift of God which is in you,” (2 Timothy 1:6) “eagerly desire spiritual gifts,” (1 Corinthians 14:1) “eagerly desire the greater gifts,” (1 Corinthians 12:31) “the desire of the righteous ends only in good,” (Proverbs 11:23) “desire (God) more than anything,” (Psalm 73:25) “desire to live a godly life,” (2 Timothy 3:12) “desire for goodness,” (2 Thessalonians 1:11) “earnestly desire to prophesy,” (1 Corinthians 14:39) “desire a better country, that is a heavenly one,” (Hebrews 11:16) “my soul longs for You (God),” (Isaiah 26:9) “let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life,” (Revelation 22:17) “I desire to do Your will, my God,” Psalm 40:8) “we desire to see Jesus,” (John 12:21) and so much more!

“One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in his temple.” (Psalm27:4) If the psalmist so passionately desired this in the Old Testament, how much more should we now that Christ has come to live within us (Colossians 1:27) and to lead us by His Spirit? (Romans 8:14) Jesus is the truth and those who are unafraid of the light behold Him.