Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – I Want More

There is a deep, longing cry that I am awakening in the hearts of my people. It is a cry that starts small and takes some time to build, but it is a deep longing for more of God. A longing to dwell in his presence and be found in his arms. A longing to look upon His face and to see His beauty. It’s a longing to be like Moses who cried out to his Father: “Show me your glory!” Today I am stirring that afresh inside of you.

Activation: Start crying out to see Jesus. Read the scriptures out loud until they become the truth of how you feel.

Posture yourself as Moses did, declaring that you will not depart until you see God’s glory and you are dwelling in His presence. Ask God to make you even more hungry for His presence.

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

Psalm 27:4 (NIV)

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

Exodus 33:18-23 (NIV)

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Monday Morning Scripture (Wk7/2022) – Exodus 33:12-23

Moses Intercedes

12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’

13 Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways so that I may know You [becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, recognizing and understanding Your ways more clearly] and that I may find grace and favor in Your sight. And consider also, that this nation is Your people.”

14 And the Lord said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest [by bringing you and the people into the promised land].”

15 And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here.

16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?”

17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.”

18 Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”

19 And God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion (lovingkindness) on whom I will show compassion.”

20 But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live!”

21 Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;

22 and while My glory is passing by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and protectively cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

23 Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

Exodus 33:12-23 (AMP)

Monday Morning Scripture – Luke 8:16-21

Parable of the Lamp

16 “Now no one lights a lamp and then covers it with a container [to hide it], or puts it under a bed; instead, he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

17 For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come out into the open.

18 So be careful how you listen; for whoever has [a teachable heart], to him more [understanding] will be given; and whoever does not have [a longing for truth], even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

19 Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd.

20 And He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, asking to see You.”

21 But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”

Luke 8:16-21 (AMP)

Sunday Morning Scripture – Psalm 51

A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; my sin is always before me.

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] and faultless in Your judgment.

5 I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; in sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

7 Purify me with [1]hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You.

14 Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

15 O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

17 My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

18 By Your favor do good to Zion; may You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Psalm 51:1-19 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:7 This evidently was a bristly plant which was useful as a kind of brush.