1 Samuel 13:14 (NLT) - 14 But now your kingdom must end, for the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart. The LORD has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD’s command.”

Acts 13:22 (NLT) - 22 But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ 1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT) - 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1. A heart that DESIRES God

1. Psalm 63:1 (NLT) - 1 O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
2. Psalm 42:1–2 (NLT) - 1 As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?
3. Psalm 143:6 (NLT) - 6 I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
4. Psalm 27:4 (NLT) - 4 The one thing I ask of the LORD— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.
5. Psalm 84:2 (NLT) - 2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
6. Psalm 73:25 (NLT) - 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.

2. A heart that ALIGNS with God

1. Psalm 119:30 (NLT) - 30 I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations.
2. Psalm 40:8 (NLT) - 8 I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”
3. Psalm 19:14 (NLT) - 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
4. Psalm 97:10 (NLT) - 10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked.

3. A heart that RETURNS to God

1. Psalm 51:10–12 (NLT) — 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. 11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
2. Psalm 32:5 (NLT) — 5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.