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How To Get What You’ve Always Wanted
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How To Get What You’ve Always Wanted

September 12, 2017
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Posted by Cindi

Are you tired of pursuing something only to find it always eludes you?
It might be your approach.
For instance, are you tired of difficult circumstances and you just want joy? Don’t pursue joy — pursue the Author of Joy.
Are you lonely and just long for loving arms around you? Don’t pursue love. Pursue the Author of Love.
Are you tired of dissension, conflict, a “hectic” life and just want peace? Don’t pursue peace. Pursue the Prince of Peace.
Psalm 37:4 says “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. ” I believe this means make Him your sole desire and He will plant in you His desires and delight in granting them. I know from experience — and from watching it in the lives of many other women, too — that when we desire Christ first and foremost, we end up with everything else we wanted, too.

Matthew 6:33 says “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness…” (in  other words, seek HIM ) and all these things — the joy, the love, the peace — will follow.
Seek and desire HIM, not all you want Him to give you. As you find more of Him, you will also find you need less of everything else.
I’ll admit, Ive often wanted:

  • more peace in my home
  • more joy in my heart
  • more harmony in my marriage

And yet, as I return to a pursuit of Him alone, I become convinced once again that I have all I need.
Will you join me in this search for what we are guaranteed we will find?
Jeremiah 29:13 says “And you will search for me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.”
God, I want YOU more than success and contentment. 
Now it’s YOUR turn. Leave a comment below, telling God you desire Him more than whatever it is you have been searching for and you could be one of  three winners of a free copy of my popular devotional book, God’s Whispers to a Woman’s Heart. (U.S. mailing addresses or American Post Office boxes only please.)

September 12, 2017
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Cindi McMenamin is an award-winning author and national speaker who helps women find strength for the soul. She has nearly 35 years experience ministering to women and inspiring them to let God meet their emotional needs, grow stronger through their alone times, and pursue their dreams with boldness.
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  1. terri andrews
    September 12, 2017 @ 3:56 pm
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    Psalm 63:1 “O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.”
    Lord, I am sorry for getting so wrapped up in the events happening in my life and in the world that I forgot to get nourished by You – through Your Word. I end up trying to move forward in my own strength and collapse from exhaustion or discouragement. I love You, Lord, You are my Light and Salvation (Psalm 27:1).
    In Jesus Name, Amen

  2. Sarah Armour
    September 12, 2017 @ 4:32 pm
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    Sometimes, God – I make what I desire, even if it is Good, I make it God. I am sorry for this strong and strange replacement of you, and ask forgiveness in this act of setting up idols. Thank you for your strength and patience in listening, waiting, and being patient for me to come back to my senses, and wonder of you. Amen.

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