Desire
Jeremiah 24:1-7
1. Desire to know Him well
• Knowing Jesus is by knowing the Scriptures
• But Knowing Him is simply experiencing Christ in your life
• It means experiencing the word with you
• To experience Him is having a close personal relationship with Him
• Ex. Husband & wife, or a friend. Even our children
• Go back to what Jesus ask to the disciples on (Luke 9:18)
• Knowing Him is accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior (Jeremiah 24:7)
2. Desire to Praise & Worship
• Praise – is an act in which we acknowledge God’s dominion over us & His perfection
• Worship – is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship — to give, at its simplest, worth to something
• Combined, it is an attitude of gratitude & happiness
• It is also an action of our faith
• It is the language of our faith
• David was blessed by God because he promised to bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually in his mouth… (Psalm 34:1)
• He also said… that God inhabits the praise of his people… (Psalm 22:3)
• As a disciple, we always gauge the faith of the community by the way they Praise & Worship the Lord
3. Desire for His Righteousness
• The Lord said… Blessed are they who hunger and thirst (desire) for righteousness, for they will be satisfied (Matthew 5:6)
• Righteousness of God is not for us being righteous to ourselves and to other people
• It is simply doing God’s will and being right with God and surrendering our will to God
• Jesus said… Seek first the kingdom of God & his Righteousness (Matthew 6:33)
• To seek means to desire it first
• Desire God’s Righteousness and not the world righteousness
4. Desire for His Kingdom
• Jesus also said to seek His Kingdom (Matthew 6:33)
• Where is the Kingdom of God?
• If it is where Jesus is, there is His kingdom
• It is where his sovereign power, there is His Kingdom
• It is where we can truly say to our self that He is the Lord, then therefore we are in His kingdom
5. Desire for His Glory
• Desire for the spirit of Christ manifest in our life
• That everything that we do & say, it is Christ is being glorified.
