What It Means To Have A Yearning Heart

I am going to be sharing with all of you What It Means To Have A Yearning Heart that is Longing for Jesus. I want to start of with three quotes before we go into reading scriptures and here are the quotes that I would like to share. The first quote says: I have learned that my quenchless longing for life is, a secret, unutterable yearning after God; for how can you conceive of life apart from Him? The second quote that I would like to share says: My Soul Longs For You Lord In A Dry And Weary Land. The last quote I would like to share for the moment says: In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. The scriptures I would like to take a look at tonight is 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 16-18, Romans 12 verse 1-2, Psalm 73 verse 25, Jude 1 verse 3, Matthew 22 verse 37, 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17, Romans 10 verse 9, Hebrews 10 verse 22, Psalm 27 verse 8, John 16 verse 22, Psalm 73 verse 26, Psalm 84 verse 2. In the scriptures we see how God can give us a heart that yearns for Him and that is longing for Him. In 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17 it talks about a new creation in Christ. Well for us, we all at one time gave our life to Christ. We were all baptized as a baby at one point, and some of us as an adult. The reason I share that part is because whether we were baptized at a young age, or as an adult, eventually we would have questions as a new believer would or as we continue now. Our hearts yearn for Him, and it's Longing for Jesus to continue to do a great work in us as the new creation we are made to be because we are made in the Image of God. I would like to share two songs now. The first one being New Creation by Mac Powell. The lyrics of the song say this: I thought I knew what I was talking about, When I testified of Your great love, Well, I was a soul on fire, there was no doubt, Bible believing, saved, and washed in the blood, But it wasn't 'til I stumbled and made my mistakes, That I could know in my soul how amazing was grace, You brought me blessings out of a tragedy, You turned my old song into a symphony And with Your spirit living inside of me, I'm a new creation, I'm a new creation And now I know what You were talking about, Went from my head into my heart, When I was broken at the bottom, I found

You're my Healer and Redeemer, Jesus, that's who You are, You brought me blessings out of a tragedy, You turned my old song into a symphony And with Your spirit living inside of me, I'm a new creation, I'm a new creation, Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, But it wasn't 'til I stumbled and made my mistakes, That I could know in my soul how amazing was grace, You brought me blessings out of a tragedy, You turned my old song into a symphony And with Your spirit living inside of me, I'm a new creation (oh, oh-oh, oh, oh). The second song I would like to share is Image Of God by We Are Messengers which says: I woke up with a broken heart in my chest, I couldn't sleep couldn't get no rest, Weighed down by the heaviness of life And I try to shake it flipping through my phone, But all it does is make me feel more alone, How could anything that feels so wrong be right, Seven billion voices separate us, But only one can show us who we are, We are made, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, Beautiful shades of love, We are made, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, That's where the light comes from, We all need the same medicine, We all need another second chance, There's no first in line at the foot of the Cross, Father, forgive me, Show my concrete heart, We are made, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, Beautiful shades of love, We are made, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, That's where the light comes from, We fall apart, We all lose sight of Heaven, But still Your love is chasing us, Give me a heart, For every heart that's breaking, And give me eyes to see, We're so much more than flesh and blood, We are, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, We are made, Made in the image of, Made in the image of God, Beautiful shades of Love. We see here that our hearts long for Jesus as they yearn for Him because we are a Beloved child of God, we can see that as a new creation that when we were made in the Image Of God, we were created for purpose that as we grew in our relationship and our Faith, that our hearts would yearn and long for Him, long for His Word which is truth, and long for the wisdom and knowledge that He gives us to have a personal and deep connection with Christ to give our testimony in how God uses us in ways that our not ours but His. That brings me to another song I want to share called Holy Spirit by Francesca Battistelli where the lyrics of her song say: There's nothing worth more That could ever come close, No thing can compare You're our living hope, Your presence, Lord, I've tasted and seen Of the sweetest of loves, Where my heart becomes free And my shame is undone, Your presence, Lord, Holy Spirit, You are welcome here, Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere, Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for, To be overcome by Your presence, Lord, Your presence, Lord, There's nothing worth more That could ever come close, No thing can compare You're our living hope, Your presence, Lord, I've tasted and seen Of the sweetest of loves, Where my heart becomes free And my shame is undone, Your presence, Lord, Holy Spirit, You are welcome here Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere, Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for, To be overcome by Your presence, Lord, Your presence, Lord. We see that we need the presence of God because it is what our hearts long for and it is what we need to know that the plans that God has for us are greater than what we will know. Here are three things that I would like to end on tonight with all of you. The first thing I would like to share comes from Jeremiah 29 verse 11 that says: For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you but to give you a hope and a future. The second thing I would like to share says: I don't know who you are or what your story is, but God does, and He loves you with a spectacularly brilliant, healing love. The last thing I would like to share with you in hopes that this can encourage you in your week, is this: When we are seeking God we know that our Hearts yearn and long for Him, because He is the Voice of Truth and because of that we know God is in the midst of our lives in helping us know that we can continue to seek Him and His Word for our Yearning and Longing Heart that wants to continue to seek knowledge, wisdom, and the purity, and radiance of God's Love.