PURSUING GOD PURSUING LIFE 6-10-18 VIDEO
Ps 53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought (inquired after and desperately required) God.
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PS 53:2 The Lord looks down in love, bending over heavens balcony. God looks over all of Adams sons and daughters,looking to see if there are any who are wise with insightany who search for him, wanting to please him. TPT
John 4:23 A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers. AMP
Ps 42:2 My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? AMP
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Ps 42:2 I'm thirsty for God-alive. I wonder, "Will I ever make it arrive and drink in God's presence?" MSG
Ps 105:3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore. AMP
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PS 105:3 Shine and make your joyful boast in him, you lovers of God. Lets be happy and keep rejoicing no matter what.
4Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him!Lets always be seeking the light of his face. TPT
Isa 55:1 WAIT and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing]. AMP
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Isa 55:1 "Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money everything's free! MSG
1 Peter 4:2 Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. MSG
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1 PET 4:2 So live the rest of your earthly life no longer concerned with human desires but consumed with what brings pleasure to God. TPT
Col 3:1 So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides.
2 Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ that's where the action is. See things from his perspective. MSG
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COL 3:1 Christs resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for thats where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority!
2Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm. TPT
BENEFITS OF SEEKING GOD
Isa 40:31 But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
2 Chron 14:7 Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours, because we sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him [yearning for Him with all our desire] and He has given us rest and peace on every side. So they built and prospered. AMP
Ps 63:1 God you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.
Heb 11:6 It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him. MSG
HEB 11:6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him. TPT
Matt 6:33 Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
34 "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. MSG
Amos 5:4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me [inquire for and of Me and require Me as you require food] and you shall live! AMP
Luke 6:21 Blessed (happy with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition and to be envied) are you who hunger and seek with eager desire now, for you shall be filled and completely satisfied! Blessed (happy with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition and to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh! AMP
Jer 29:11 I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
12 "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen.
13 "When you come looking for me, you'll find me.
"Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else,
14 I'll make sure you won't be disappointed." God's Decree.
"I'll turn things around for you. I'll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you" God's Decree "bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it. MSG
Ps 63:1 God you're my God! I can't get enough of you! I've worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory. MSG
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PS 63:1 O God of my life, Im lovesick for you in this weary wilderness.I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that cant be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God!
2Im energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory. TPT
Matt 6:30 "If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers most of which are never even seen don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
31 What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving.
32 People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.
33 Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
34 "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. MSG
Luke 12:31 Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also. AMP
Ps 17:15 And me? I plan on looking you full in the face. When I get up, I'll see your full stature and live heaven on earth. MSG
Rom 4:19 Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child." Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up.
20 He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God,
21 sure that God would make good on what he had said.
22 That's why it is said, "Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right."
23 But it's not just Abraham;
24 it's also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless.
25 The sacrificed Jesus made us fit for God, set us right with God. MSG
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek (inquire for and require as necessity) the Lord your God, you will find Him if you [truly] seek Him with all your heart [and mind] and soul and life.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Ps 22:26 The poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord--they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now and forever!
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PS 22:26 I will invite the poor and broken, and they will come and eat until satisfied. Bring Yahweh praise and you will find him. Your hearts will overflow with life forever! TPT
Ps 34:4 I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Ps 34:10 The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.
Heb 12:28 Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander.
29 He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire! MSG
Ps 24:6 This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]! AMP
Ps 143:6 I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! AMP
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Ps 143:6 Stretched out my hands to you, as thirsty for you as a desert thirsty for rain. MSG
1 Chron 16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually! AMP
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1 Chron 16:11 Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night; MSG
Ps 40:16 But all who are hunting for you oh, let them sing and be happy. Let those who know what you're all about tell the world you're great and not quitting. MSG