Because of His Great Love

Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

God loves us more than we can imagine. I believe this. Yet sometimes, I fail to feel it. I understand it, yet, I don't always live it. I forgot that God's love is unconditional. I feel that I need to earn it. I want to learn to obey out of a heart of love instead of a sense of duty. I want to increasingly desire a closer relationship with God. I want to have a hunger to study God's Word and spend time in prayer and communion with Him.

Lord, give me a hunger and thirst for righteousness. Help me to long to be in Your presence. I want all of my life to be lived close to You. I don't want to wall of my business and personal life from my spiritual life. I want to live every day all the time in Your wonderful presence. Help me to seek You persistently, and may this affect every area of my life. God, You have given so much to have a relationship with me. Help me to be completely willing to do whatever it takes to have a relationship with You.