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pray for REIGN

Psalms 63:1&2
"1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary."

As we study the Holy Scriptures our desire to learn God's Word grows. We Really THIRST for God. Which is this week's lessons. Yesterday with Psalms chapter forty-two verses one and two. Which paints the word picture of a thirsty DEER seeking the refreshing waters of a stream.

As living creatures we require water, even more than food! Generally, someone could survive weeks without food and only a few days without WATER. Thirst is more powerful than hunger, and more impatient when experienced. The healthy way we THIRST for water is the healthy way we need to seek after GOD! We need to be in GOD'S presence in public worship. We need to be in GOD'S WORD in private study. And, we need to be in PRAYER to GOD communicating to Him.

Today's verses can be read as a prayer to GOD about our THIRST for Him; "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul THIRSTETH for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and THIRSTY land, where no water is; To see Thy power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary." Here in Texas we are experiencing a DROUGHT. Our land is very THIRSTY. It does not take much imagination to see this as a metaphor for our society today being without the worship and fear of God. A secular humanist culture that has cracking soil and plants dying and drying up. Our world needs the rain of God and the REIGN of GOD! 

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