40 Days of Prayer Day 1

Day 1 - Sunday, August 31
The Power of Having a Single Motive
His Word
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13).

Thoughts
Imagine the Maker of heaven and earth offering to make of you a great nation! God made that offer to Moses.
God was prepared to kill the sinning Israelites and start again with Moses. Sin must be punished. His righteous anger demanded justice.
God's offer to Moses was real. The sovereign God was offering him great honor! He knew God would be faithful to keep that promise.
But I think Moses also knew it would not have been God's first choice. In fact, when Moses later retold this episode to the Israelites, he said, "The Lord listened to me...It was not his will to destroy you" (Deuteronomy 10:10).
God cared that the Egyptians knew of His love and power available to His people. The only way God could turn away His anger from His people would be to find an intercessor.
So He needed to know what was in Moses' heart. Would he care for others as God himself did? Or would Moses care more for the sake of his own reputation? Were there any selfish desires in his heart?
Prevailing intercession is always heart-searching. The Spirit helps us to search our motives behind our requests.
Moses saved his nation because his heart cried, "O, God, it means nothing to me to be honored, if in the process Your reputation is damaged." This prayer prayed with this single motive was one God could answer.

Come to the Fire Prayer Request
Pray that we will allow the Holy Spirit to show us the hidden motives behind our requests. Pray that God will grant many who attend the Come to the Fire conference the fulfillment of His promise in Ezekiel 11:19: "I will give them an undivided heart." Pray that He will enable us to seek only for the honor of God's name.

Dear Lord
Search me - know my heart - find any hidden motive in my heart - may I only ask for what I truly desire - may my desires be Yours. Lord I especially lift up all those who will be attending the Come to the Fire conference - rend our hearts so that when we join together in Your presence we will have an undivided heart. May all we do be only to seek the honor of Your name. Amen