The Desire of Your Heart

May He give you the desire of your heart
    and make all your plans succeed. ~ Psalm 20:4 (NIV)

His Good Purpose

for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose. (NIV)

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. (NLT)

~ Philippians 2:13

...The Strength of My Heart

Whom have I in heaven but You?
    And earth has nothing I desire besides You.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever.
~ Psalm 73:25-26 (NIV)

No Beauty or Majesty...

Who has believed our message
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
    and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
~ Isaiah 53:1-3 (NIV)

When Tempted...

13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. ~ James 1:13-15 (NIV)

Do What Pleases Him

12 Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. ~ Philippians 2:12-13 (NLT)

Encourage & Strengthen

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

(NIV)

O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

(NASB)

~ Psalm 10:17

Worthy of Your Calling

11 To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (NASB)

Help Those in Need

How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.
2 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

~ Psalm 41:1-2 (NASB)

God is the Strength of My Heart

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ~ Psalm 73: 25-26 (NIV)

HE Desires Mercy

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ~ Matthew 9:13 (NIV)

The Lord Hears

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

~ Psalm 10:17 (NIV)

Let God Fill You ~ Crave God

22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. ~ Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV)

Original Sin Involved Food

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ~ Genesis 3:6 (NIV)

Great & Precious Promises

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. ~ 2 Peter 1:4 ESV

Wisdom Is More Precious than Rubies

10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,
11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.

~ Proverbs 8:10-11 (NIV)

My Portion Forever

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ~ Psalm 73:25-26 (NIV)

Desire God's Will

“I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”” ~ Psalm 40:8 (NIV 1984)

Desires of Your Heart

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. ~ Psalm 37:4 (ESV)

Wisdom Is Better than Jewels

10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, 11 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. ~ Proverbs 8:10-11 (ESV)