Category: seek

The Lord within (#1 of 2 linked prayers)

Ruth Kirk
Photo: cmarinalbert

Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you
(Matthew 7:7; NLT).

1. If we seek the Lord within,
He promises we’ll find.

2. If we knock upon his door
It opens: he is kind.

3. If we ask the Father’s help,
He hears us when we plead.

4. If we love the Lord our God
He gives us all we need.

References

1. You are the temple of the living God (2 Corinthians 6:16; NLT).

Everyone who seeks, finds (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

2. To everyone who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:8; NLT).

How kind the Lord is! (Psalm 116:5; NLT).

3. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us (1 John 5:14; NIV).

4. You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind (Luke 10:27; NLT).

Everyone who asks, receives (Matthew 7:8; NLT).

God will generously provide all you need (2 Corinthians 9:8; NLT).

Closer

Ruth Kirk


1. Help me lean towards you, Lord,
Closer to your thoughts,
So I may glimpse the wisdom
Of your mind.

2. Help me grow towards you, Lord,
Closer to your heart,
So I may share your love
For humankind.

3. Help me move towards you, Lord,
Closer to your soul,
So I may leave
My sinful self behind.

4. Help me run towards you, Lord,
So we may reunite,
For you have promised:
Seek, and you will find.

References

1. Come closer and listen to the words of the Lord your God (Joshua 3:9; CSB).

2. God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16; NLT).

3. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you (James 4:8; CSB).

Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you (Job 11:14; NLT).

4. Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us (Hebrews 12:1; NLT).

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you (Jeremiah 29:13-14; NLT).

Seek and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NIV).

All I need to do

Ruth Kirk

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7; NIV).

1. All I need to do, Lord,
Is to seek you.

2. All I need to do
Is ask the way.

3. All I need to do, Lord,
Is to knock on my soul’s door,

4. Until you throw it open,
Every day.

5. For you are waiting there, Lord,
Always present,

6. Just to hear me say:
Forgive my sin.

7. Then we reunite, Lord,
As one spirit,

8. And dwell in love together,
Deep within.

References

1. Keep on seeking, and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

If you seek him, you will find him (1 Chronicles 28:9; NLT).

2. Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it (Jeremiah 6:16; NLT).

3. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

4. Never stop praying (1 Thessalonians 5:16; NLT).

5. The Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion (Isaiah 30:18; NLT).

6. Forgive us our sins as we have forgiven those who sin against us (Matthew 6:12; NLT).

7. I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one (John 17:22; NLT).

8. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them (1 John 4:16).

Come to me

Ruth Kirk

Jesus said, “Come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28; NLT).

1. Come to me
When you are lonely;
Take my hand
When you’re afraid.

2. Seek me
When you lose your bearings;
Talk with me;
Rest in my shade.

3. Follow me;
Accept my friendship;
Cling to me
When you despair.

4. Turn to me
When life’s a burden:
I will comfort, love,
And share.

References

1. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me (Psalm 23:4; KJV).

I will take you by the hand and guard you (Isaiah 42:6; NLT).

2. I am the way (John 14:6; NLT).

Come and take shelter in my shade (Judges 9:15; NLT).

3. Follow me and be my disciple (Matthew 9:9; NLT).

You are my friends (John 15:15; NLT).

He lifted me out of the pit of despair (Psalm 40:2; NLT).

4. Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping and mourning (Joel 2:12; NLT).

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me (Psalm 23:4; KJV).

In all their suffering he also suffered (Isaiah 63:9; NLT).

Where is the path?

Ruth Kirk

Keep on seeking, and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

1. Where is the path
That I should take?

2. Where is the narrow gate
I need?

3. Where is the door
On which to knock?

4. Where is the Christ,
Whom I must heed?

5. Where is the life
For which I long?

6. Where is the Kingdom
I must seek?

7. Where is the God
To whom I plead?

8. Help me, O Lord,
For I am weak.

References

1. Jesus told him, “I am the way” (John 14:6; NLT).

2. You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate (Matthew 7:13; NLT).

3. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

4. This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him (Mark 9:7; NLT).

5. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10; NIV).

6. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else (Luke 12:31; NIV).

7. O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you (Psalm 63:1; NLT).

8. Come quickly, Lord, and help me (Psalm 40:13; NLT).

Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak (Psalm 6:2; NLT).

Without hope

Ruth Kirk


May you have the power to understand,
as all God’s people should,
how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
(Ephesians 3:18; NLT).

1. Father God,
You love us all:
Those who seek,
And those who don’t.

2. Father God,
You love us all:
Those who serve,
And those who won’t.

3. Father God,
You love us all:
Those who trust,
And those who doubt.

4. Father God,
You love us all:
Those with hope,
And those without.

References

1. He loves us with unfailing love (Psalm 117:2; NLT).

Keep on seeking, and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

2. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made (Psalm 145:9; NIV).

You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him (Luke 4:8; NLT).

3. He cares about you (1 Peter 5:7; NLT).

Trust in God and trust also in me (John 14:1; NLT).

4. The Lord loves you (Deuteronomy 7:8; NLT).

I will put my hope in God! Psalm 42:5; NLT).

I am sick with despair (Psalm 35:12; NLT).

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (Psalm 22:1; NLT).

Seek God’s help

Ruth Kirk

1. Try to think each thought
With love –
Seek God’s help
Through Jesus’ name.

2. Try to say each word
With love –
Ask him for
The Spirit’s flame.

3. Try to do each deed
With love –
Beg his help:
Christ will suffice.

4. Try to live your life
In love –
You’ll dwell with him
In paradise.


References

1. We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5; NIV).

The Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name (John 15:16; NLT).

2. We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ (Ephesians 4:15; NLT).

How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him (Luke 11:13; NLT).

What looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:3-4; NLT).

3. Do everything with love (1 Corinthians 16:14; NLT).

Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you (Psalm:5; NLT).

Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:17; NLT).

4. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them (1 John 4:16; NIV).

Today you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43; NLT).