JUNE "prayer-starters" DAY 16

DAY 16—We groan for the Life that is eternal because God designed us to know that Life.

While we’re in this body, we’re not at home. There’s a longing in our hearts to know our eternal dwelling. That’s the reason we’re learning not to place so much affection on the things that pertain to this life.

II Corinthians 5:1-5—For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle (this mortal tent in which we dwell) were dissolved (is overthrown), we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this (body in which we now live) we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle (mortal dwelling) do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of Life. Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing (He that worked this out in us for this very thing) is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest (the pledge) of the Spirit.
NIrV—We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it. During our time on earth we groan. We long to put on our house in heaven as if it were clothing. Then we will not be naked. While we live in this tent of ours, we groan under our heavy load. We don’t want to be naked. We want to be dressed with our house in heaven. What must die will be swallowed up by life. God has made us for that very purpose. He has given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. The Spirit makes us sure of what is still to come.

FATHER, I praise You for the longing You have placed in me that is making me want to know eternal Life! As I take on the qualities of that Life even while I’m in this world, please make Your Love firm and strong in me. I’m beginning to know that Your Love is eternal, and it will be a major quality of our Life in Your Kingdom.

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Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
DAY 16—We groan for the Life that is eternal because God designed us to know that Life. While we’re in this body, we’re not at home. There’s a longing in our hearts to know our eternal dwelling. That’s the reason we’re learning not to place so much affection on the things that pertain to this life. II Corinthians 5:1-5—For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle (this mortal tent in which we dwell) *were dissolved* (is overthrown)**, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this (body in which we now live) we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle (mortal dwelling) do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of Life. Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing (He that worked this out in us for this very thing) is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest** (the pledge) of the Spirit. NIrV—We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it. During our time on earth we groan. We long to put on our house in heaven as if it were clothing. Then we will not be naked. While we live in this tent of ours, we groan under our heavy load. We don’t want to be naked. We want to be dressed with our house in heaven. What must die will be swallowed up by life. God has made us for that very purpose. He has given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. The Spirit makes us sure of what is still to come. FATHER, I praise You for the longing You have placed in me that is making me want to know eternal Life! As I take on the qualities of that Life even while I’m in this world, please make Your Love firm and strong in me. I’m beginning to know that Your Love is eternal, and it will be a major quality of our Life in Your Kingdom.
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