{"id":7142,"date":"2017-10-30T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=7142"},"modified":"2017-10-30T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T15:40:59","slug":"time-to-be-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=7142","title":{"rendered":"TIME TO BE DESPERATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>Desperate for God in the heart is to experience His hand.<\/p>\n

Nehemiah 1,2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Man, with desperate heart for the glory of God will experience the backing of good hand of God for God\u2019s glory through man. There is no heart activity that is hidden from God. Psalm 44:21 <\/em><\/strong>buttressed, \u201c\u2026God knows the secret of the heart.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>As regard to heart, it is written, \u201cThe spirit of a man is the lamp of the <\/em><\/strong>Lord<\/em><\/strong>, searching all the inner depths of his heart.\u201d (Proverbs 20:27)
\n<\/em><\/strong>How is your heart desperate for the glory of God? Daniel\u2019s heart was desperate to give it all for the glory of God and God\u2019s hand backed him to do great exploits for the glory of God. Daniel 1:8<\/em><\/strong> recorded, \u201cDaniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king\u2019s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Daniel purposed in his heart for God\u2019s glory and he lived to do great exploit (Daniel 11:32) because of his heart activity. Daniel\u2019s heart set him for great exploits later in his life. How is it with your heart that is not hidden from God? It is written, \u201cAs in water face reflects face, so a man\u2019s heart reveals the man.\u201d (Proverbs 27:19)<\/em><\/strong>
\nHow is your heart desperate for the glory of God? Imagine Nehemiah a cup-bearer\u2019s heart activity.
\nThe heart of Nehemiah was with genuine concern for Jerusalem\u2019s welfare but not for self-interest. Nehemiah was a cupbearer with desperate desired heart for better life for his brethren. If a cupbearer could provoke profound change, claiming believers of today should be able to do for the glory of God as a salt agent (not bitter agent), light (not darkness) doing good for the glory of God.
\nIt is clear in the heart of Nehemiah for God to see his desperate desire, touching life for the glory of God. Awesome God invested in Nehemiah as a vessel for reconstructing the broken wall of Jerusalem. The report of what was going on in Jerusalem caused a burden in Nehemiah\u2019s heart and he began to intercede on behalf of the land and his people. The bible recorded in Nehemiah 1:3-4, \u201cAnd they said to me, \u2018The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.\u2019 So it was, when I heard these words that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>Nehemiah poured out his heart in prayer on behalf of his people and his homeland. He asked for nothing that had to do with self-interest, but rather petitioned for things that had to do with a better life for his people. Believers need to quicken heart for God.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask for the grace of God to set your heart desperate for the glory of God. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Desperate for God in the heart is to experience His hand. Nehemiah 1,2 Man, with desperate heart for the glory of God will experience the backing of good hand of God for God\u2019s glory through man. There is no heart activity that is hidden from God. Psalm 44:21 buttressed, \u201c\u2026God knows the secret … Continue reading TIME TO BE DESPERATE<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7143,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7142\/revisions\/7143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}