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Desperate for You: A 30 Day Worship Adventure
Leading readers on a 30-day "worship adventure, " this book--based on popular praise and worship songs--is a one-of-a-kind daily devotional.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 28, 2003
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December 16, 2016
Desperate for You
Shout out to Chance Hawkins for this wonderful gift book!
Started slow, but this 30-day contemplative and meditative devotional journal takes you into the mystery of God in worship. Aside from the insights, lyrics, and the stories behind popular Christian songs, the best part is the self-reflection questions found at the end of each day called “Your Worship Adventure”. Here’s to your 30-day worship challenge:
Day 1: What keeps you from letting go of everything and truly worshipping God? Try to recount all of the excuses, even the hidden ones, that have made you “put off” giving all to Him.
Day 2: Think about all the amazing ways God has loved you. Write down just one of the stories that you’ve told to explain it whenever someone asks you why you believe.
Day 3: Think of one of the more painful or “ugly” moments in your life. See if you can “turn it over and look at the front” now that some time has passed. Can you find something beautiful in something that once was anything but?
Day 4: What is the number one priority in your life right now? Could you ever give it all up for someone else? For God? Think about what you prize most in your life and reflect on how God gave what He prized most for you. In what small ways can you try to repay that favor?
Day 5: Have you ever been extravagant with your love? What’s the wildest thing you ever did for someone—or what do you wish you could do for someone? Make it your goal this day to find a way to do it again—or discover the joy of doing it for the first time!
Day 6: Think of something you passionately believe in. Now imagine for a moment that you are wrong. What would you do?
Day 7: Have you ever had to let go of someone or something? Was the pain of that separation worth whatever became of it? Would you or could you do it again?
Day 8: If you could build your own life to live over again, what would you change about yourself? Your circumstances? Without the power to really do that, what can you do today to make your life closer to the one you’ve just imagined?
Day 9: What wounds in your life has God used to pour His light through to others?
Day 10: Stop to recognize (and revel in) the wonders of His world and His love in your every day. What have you seen or experienced today that manifests His glory?
Day 11: Have you ever had a moment you wanted to last forever? Try to recall the time and place and retell the story. How about a moment you’d like to toss off the train? Which one means more to you now?
Day 12: While you’ve been busy “making other plans,” try to discover what God has already been doing in your life. Are there things you have been asking for that you already have?
Day 13: Where does your faith begin? How much of what you believe do you have to prove and how much do you just trust, even without having proof?
Day 14: Have you ever tried to run away from God? Or at least run away from something He was trying to show you? Stop and remember the story of your pursuit and how you were finally “captured”.
Day 15: What’s amazing about the grace in your life? Try to remember and recount a time when the grace of God exploded in your life—when you really knew it was “a message from God.”
Day 16: Every day is a gift from God, and we are asked to use it well as a gift back to Him. What can you do today that is an investment in forever?
Day 17: Have you ever asked God to lead, follow, or get out of the way? Try to recall the instances where God has done one or all three in any of the circumstances of your life.
Day 18: If you could ask God to fully explain just one thing, what would your question be?
Day 19: Why do you praise Him? Could you still, even in your darkest hours? What do you thank Him for in your life, no matter what you may be going through?
Day 20: Home means comfort. Where are you most comfortable? Is it the place, or the people in it, that gives you that security?
Day 21: Try to recall your own “Eskimo” experience [story of drunk pilot who crashed in the wilderness north of Alaska telling the bartender he prayed but God never answered. “Was saved only because an Eskimo finally came and found me after days in the cold.”] Do you remember a time when God answered your prayer in the most unlikely and unexpected way?
Day 22: One day we will literally see Him in all of His glory and live in His presence. In the meantime, think of all the many ways you can and do see Him in your everyday life. What are the words of your own prayer to Him to let you see more?
Day 23: The Bible talks about a “no greater love” than the one that will lay its life down for someone else. Write about those loves in your life.
Day 24: Think of a time or event in your life when you never thought you’d make it through. Looking back on the story now, try to find the fingerprints of God through that story—where He led you through even if you never saw it at the time.
Day 25: Think of the moments in your own life where the “heavenly” mixes with the “earthly.” How has God used the things of this world to show you more of Him?
Day 26: Imagine how the world and people around you would be if you had never been born. Write a short memory of your own wonderful life and celebrate the goodness of God to have allowed you to experience life and be a vital presence in the lives of others.
Day 27: David was a man after God’s own heart. What drives your desire to know God more? Is your life consumed with it? Could you handle any more knowing than you have now?
Day 28: Never give up on life. When you fall, what is the hope that gets you back up again?
Day 29: What are you striving to “become” in your life? Can you see the places where God is painting and molding you into that person?
Day 30: As you continue your journey of worship every day, remember to watch and write down all the blessings of each day . . . and to thank the One who gave them to you.
Shout out to Chance Hawkins for this wonderful gift book!
Started slow, but this 30-day contemplative and meditative devotional journal takes you into the mystery of God in worship. Aside from the insights, lyrics, and the stories behind popular Christian songs, the best part is the self-reflection questions found at the end of each day called “Your Worship Adventure”. Here’s to your 30-day worship challenge:
Day 1: What keeps you from letting go of everything and truly worshipping God? Try to recount all of the excuses, even the hidden ones, that have made you “put off” giving all to Him.
Day 2: Think about all the amazing ways God has loved you. Write down just one of the stories that you’ve told to explain it whenever someone asks you why you believe.
Day 3: Think of one of the more painful or “ugly” moments in your life. See if you can “turn it over and look at the front” now that some time has passed. Can you find something beautiful in something that once was anything but?
Day 4: What is the number one priority in your life right now? Could you ever give it all up for someone else? For God? Think about what you prize most in your life and reflect on how God gave what He prized most for you. In what small ways can you try to repay that favor?
Day 5: Have you ever been extravagant with your love? What’s the wildest thing you ever did for someone—or what do you wish you could do for someone? Make it your goal this day to find a way to do it again—or discover the joy of doing it for the first time!
Day 6: Think of something you passionately believe in. Now imagine for a moment that you are wrong. What would you do?
Day 7: Have you ever had to let go of someone or something? Was the pain of that separation worth whatever became of it? Would you or could you do it again?
Day 8: If you could build your own life to live over again, what would you change about yourself? Your circumstances? Without the power to really do that, what can you do today to make your life closer to the one you’ve just imagined?
Day 9: What wounds in your life has God used to pour His light through to others?
Day 10: Stop to recognize (and revel in) the wonders of His world and His love in your every day. What have you seen or experienced today that manifests His glory?
Day 11: Have you ever had a moment you wanted to last forever? Try to recall the time and place and retell the story. How about a moment you’d like to toss off the train? Which one means more to you now?
Day 12: While you’ve been busy “making other plans,” try to discover what God has already been doing in your life. Are there things you have been asking for that you already have?
Day 13: Where does your faith begin? How much of what you believe do you have to prove and how much do you just trust, even without having proof?
Day 14: Have you ever tried to run away from God? Or at least run away from something He was trying to show you? Stop and remember the story of your pursuit and how you were finally “captured”.
Day 15: What’s amazing about the grace in your life? Try to remember and recount a time when the grace of God exploded in your life—when you really knew it was “a message from God.”
Day 16: Every day is a gift from God, and we are asked to use it well as a gift back to Him. What can you do today that is an investment in forever?
Day 17: Have you ever asked God to lead, follow, or get out of the way? Try to recall the instances where God has done one or all three in any of the circumstances of your life.
Day 18: If you could ask God to fully explain just one thing, what would your question be?
Day 19: Why do you praise Him? Could you still, even in your darkest hours? What do you thank Him for in your life, no matter what you may be going through?
Day 20: Home means comfort. Where are you most comfortable? Is it the place, or the people in it, that gives you that security?
Day 21: Try to recall your own “Eskimo” experience [story of drunk pilot who crashed in the wilderness north of Alaska telling the bartender he prayed but God never answered. “Was saved only because an Eskimo finally came and found me after days in the cold.”] Do you remember a time when God answered your prayer in the most unlikely and unexpected way?
Day 22: One day we will literally see Him in all of His glory and live in His presence. In the meantime, think of all the many ways you can and do see Him in your everyday life. What are the words of your own prayer to Him to let you see more?
Day 23: The Bible talks about a “no greater love” than the one that will lay its life down for someone else. Write about those loves in your life.
Day 24: Think of a time or event in your life when you never thought you’d make it through. Looking back on the story now, try to find the fingerprints of God through that story—where He led you through even if you never saw it at the time.
Day 25: Think of the moments in your own life where the “heavenly” mixes with the “earthly.” How has God used the things of this world to show you more of Him?
Day 26: Imagine how the world and people around you would be if you had never been born. Write a short memory of your own wonderful life and celebrate the goodness of God to have allowed you to experience life and be a vital presence in the lives of others.
Day 27: David was a man after God’s own heart. What drives your desire to know God more? Is your life consumed with it? Could you handle any more knowing than you have now?
Day 28: Never give up on life. When you fall, what is the hope that gets you back up again?
Day 29: What are you striving to “become” in your life? Can you see the places where God is painting and molding you into that person?
Day 30: As you continue your journey of worship every day, remember to watch and write down all the blessings of each day . . . and to thank the One who gave them to you.
October 30, 2011
This is an amazing book that i got when i graduated from high school. it realy made me think and even now all most 10 years latter i find myself going back and doing the whole thing agen and then reading my old ansers to see how i have changed and grown in my faith.
December 31, 2008
Wonderful devotional book! There are several of these...I highly recommend.
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