Longing for God’s Presence

Week 3 of the" Pray Like the King" series Message - Longing for God’s Presence

2 Chronicles 5:13b–14 (NIV)


13b Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, 14 and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 6:14-19 (NIV)


14 He said: 


“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today. 


16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’ 17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true. 


18 “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 19 Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Matthew 6:9-10 (NIV)


“This, then, is how you should pray: 


“ ‘Our Father in heaven, 

   hallowed be your name, 

10 your kingdom come, 

   your will be done, 

on earth as it is in heaven.

When longing for God I ______ ___ ________


Matthew 11:28 (NIV)


28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.