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 Longings After God


[b]Longings After God[/b]

MY DEAR LORD,

I can but tell thee that thou knowest
I long for nothing but yourself,
nothing but holiness,
nothing but union with thy will.

Thou hast given me these desires,
and thou alone canst give me the thing desired.
My soul longs for communion with thee,
for mortification of indwelling corruption,
especially spiritual pride.

How precious it is
to have a tender sense and clear apprehension
of the mystery of godliness,
of true holiness!

What a blessedness to be like thee
as much as it is possible for a creature to be like its Creator!

Lord, give me more of thy likeness;
Enlarge my soul to contain fullness of holiness;
Engage me to love more for thee.
Help me to be less pleased with my spiritual experiences,
and when I feel at ease after sweet communings,
teach me it is far too little I know and do.

Blessed Lord,
let me climb up near to thee,
and love, and long, and plead, and wrestle with thee,
and pant for deliverance from the body of sin,
and my soul mourns to think it should ever lose sight of its Beloved.

Wrap my life in divine love,
and keep me ever desiring thee,
always humble and resigned to thy will,
more fixed on thyself,
that I may be more fitted for doing and suffering.



-[i]taken from the book "The Valley of Vision" (puritan prayers and devotions).[/i]


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 Re: Longings After God

I long after God like that I cannot do anything without him


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[b]Dominic[/b]

Amen.. yes that is a good desire and it is given from God's Spirit, we need to covet the desperation of being lost in God, having Him as our sufficiency. "for without me ye can do nothing." - John 15:5b

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I long for nothing but yourself


An interesting litmus test for this is our desire for food or other creature comforts. How does the Spiritual thrist and hunger for God match up with the physical one? I am not saying that eating, etc is sin.


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 Re: Love those puritans

I read Jonathan Edwards biography recently. Awesome. This prayer is too. Thanks so much for sharing it. Amen and amen.

 2005/6/9 21:04
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 Re: Longings After God

Thanks for sharing this, Greg,
It is my desire to know Him above all others.
God Bless
Nellie :-)

 2005/6/10 10:31Profile





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