With All Your Heart

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

How do we approach God? How do we pray for something? This verse in Jeremiah tells us exactly how we should be approaching God and asking Him for something in prayer. With All Our Heart. A normal prayer would go something like this: "Dear God, thank you for Person X here, we really appreciate them and all that they do. If it be your will, would you please heal Person X of their sickness. Thank You Lord, and thank you for this, this and this."

Hmm. We said "if" and "would you please"- that sound a little half-hearted to me. And it is half-hearted. If we were seeking God with our full heart we would know that it is His desire that no one be sick.

"Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace." Luke 8:48

"Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed." Luke 8:50

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:15-17

Using all of our heart- which is full of all of our faith, our faith in which we know that God will take care of our dear friend and heal them, our prayer might go more like this:

"Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this wonderful Person X which you have brought into our lives. Thank you for blessing them with the gifts of A, B, and C, we truly appreciate them, and we truly appreciate Your blessing upon their life. In the Name of Jesus, may person X be healed of sickness. May the Lord bless them further and cleanse their body of all disease. We thank you Jesus for doing a work in Person X's life, and we thank you for Your sacrifice, which heals everything, because By Your Stripes we are healed..."

See the confidence there? How often do we pray for something- like help with a situation or our finances, but we really only sort of pray about it. Why don't we start digging deep? Let's start getting down on our knees in prayer, humbling ourselves before His mighty feet and really and truly seek His help. He can make even the most serious of problems simply disappear. We will seek Him and we will find Him....When we seek Him with all our heart.