Diligently Seek

Friday, May 1,2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-the knowledge of Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Fill my consciousness constantly and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: Joshua 1:9

9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Verse of the day- Ephesians 4:15

15 “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”

Today’s reading: 1 Kings 10-11 Luke 21:20-38

Diligently Seek God

An old preacher once told the young man, "You just need to pray 'til you pray". Give that a think.…

Pray 'til you pray? Millions of people stop and pray-but what do we pray? How many 'our Father's' have we prayed over 2000 years. How many times have we repeated words and not thought about what the words actually say? Or, how many times have we prayed the prayers and not felt anything or, worse, did not think about actually talking to God when we did it?

We set up youth camp(the 80's) and the Lord gave me an idea-it was not original, I'm sure I heard it somewhere but God put it in my heart-so-we had 600 young people stopping in the middle of all activities and praying on the hour and on the half-hour-sports-classes-lunch-even worship-imagine that-stopping in the middle of the preacher's message and praying. It was, for most, a big, big change.

The 'thank you for this day' can go so just far every thirty minutes. This forced people to be serious about 'prayer thought'. It makes a heart get serious about talking to God or be in denial every half-hour. Facing reality in truth in front of God twice an hour. Someone rang the bell at all given times and all reached for the closest hand to hold and prayed out loud.

We had young people coming face to face with God-some for the first time-some of the adults for the first time actually actually prayed seriously. People prayed until they really prayed. All pretense was abandoned and people talked to God. Empty words and repetition became embarrassingly trivial.

Here is the challenge for one week-only one week. From the time you get up until bedtime, pray every 30 minutes. Set a timer or keep looking at the time but pray on the hour and on the half hour. This is diligently seeking God.

One big Christian leader said to me, "That is too legalistic-scheduling prayer".

I said, "You schedule everything else...why not prayer?"

Most of our days are scheduled. You even know when your favorite TV show comes on, etc, etc.

Can you do it? Will you just try?

With all that is going on, we need to pray 'til we pray. We must know that this scripture is true.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Our reward here is full joy in Him. Is this worth a try or not?

...because He loves us, He will do it...

Father in Heaven,

Fill my heart with awe at Your name. Increase my desire to live in obedience. I am not consistent with prayer. Forgive me. Lead me away from complacency.

Merciful and personal friend, my Holy God...

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen