Desperate: For God

In desperate times, we want to be a people who earnestly pray for and believe in a move of God that will sweep our land with supernatural power to open the eyes of multitudes to see and savor Jesus Christ.

We don't want to pray just as a reaction, but as our spiritual act of worship.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Acts 2:42-47

We want to be devoted to prayer. It's not meant to be just an appendage, but rather an artery.

As we think about what it means to be desperate for God through our prayer, here are a few takeaways:

1. Prayer is a posture of the heart.

Prayer isn't just about saying a string of words out loud. It's about hunger, humility, desperation, and desire for God. It's not about getting something from God—it's about getting Him.

It's the difference between praying like you're going through a drive-thru impatiently and praying like you're sitting down for a nice, long, intimate dinner. God wants a relationship with you.

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 63:1-8

2. Prayer is an essential component of our victory.

Read Ephesians 6:10-20.

Verse 12 says, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."

When we face conflict in this world, we need to remember that we aren't fighting other people—we're fighting against the spiritual forces of evil, and prayer is essential for victory. When we pray, we pray in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18-20).

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

3. Prayer is where we replace fear with faith.

When we worship, we want to worship a God of faith, not fear.

Read Philippians 4:6-7 and Psalm 23.

We can be confident that God sees what is troubling us and trust that He grants us faith and dispels our fear. The antidote to fear isn't courage—it's faith.