SEEKING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART 2-28-25 VIDEO SECRET PLACE
What does it mean to be a God seeker? There appears to be a difference between a normal Christian and a true God seeker. A God seeker is one who doesnt just want to hear about God, but to see him for himself. Always pursuing Gods presence waiting to experience Him. David, in spite of his sin constantly pursued God. David is a great roadmap of how we should live our lives. God actually touched Moses and covered him with His hand.
Deut 10:12 So now Israel, what do you think GOD expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve GOD, your God, with everything you have in you, MSG
Deut 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.
30 When you are in tribulation and all these things come upon you, in the latter days you will turn to the Lord your God and be obedient to His voice.
31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; He will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers, which He swore to them. AMP
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Deut 4:29 But even there, if you seek God, your God, you'll be able to find him if you're serious, looking for him with your whole heart and soul.
30 When troubles come and all these awful things happen to you, in future days you will come back to God, your God, and listen obediently to what he says.
31 God, your God, is above all a compassionate God. In the end he will not abandon you, he won't bring you to ruin, he won't forget the covenant with your ancestors which he swore to them. MSG
LUKE 19:1 On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus had to pass through Jericho.
2 There lived a very wealthy man named Zacchaeus, who supervised all the tax collectors.
3 He was very eager to see Jesus and kept trying to get a look at him through the massive crowd. Since Zacchaeus was a short man and couldnt see over the heads of the people,
4 he ran on ahead of everyone and climbed up a blossoming fig tree to get a glimpse of Jesus as he passed by.
5 When Jesus got to that place, he looked up into the tree and said, Zacchaeus, hurry on down, for I must stay at your house today!
6 So he scurried down the tree and found himself face-to-face with Jesus.
7 As Jesus left to go with Zacchaeus, many in the crowd complained, Look at this! Of all the people to have dinner with, hes going to eat in the house of a crook.
8 Zacchaeus was amazed over his gracious visit to his home and joyously welcomed Jesus. Zacchaeus stood in front of the Lord and said, Half of all that I own I will give to the poor. And Lord, if I have cheated anyone, I promise to pay them back four times as much as I stole.
9 Jesus said to him, Your repentance shows that today life has come to you and your household, and that you are a true son of Abraham.
10 The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost. TPT
2 He came to see Jesus under the cover of the night and said to him, Rabbi, it is clear for all of us to see that you come from God as a Teacher - the signs you perform are proof that God is with you! No one is able to do these signs you do if they are not in union with God.
3 Jesus answered him emphatically; no one would even be able to recognize anything as coming from Gods domain unless they are born from above to begin with! The very fact that it is possible to perceive that I am in union with God, as a human being, reveals mankinds genesis from above! MIRROR
PS 22:26 For the Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he saw the Messiah, the Anointed One of God.
27 Keeping his promise, the Holy Spirit led Simeon to be in the temple court at the very moment Jesus parents entered to fulfill the requirement of the sacrifice.
28 Simeon cradled the baby in his arms and praised God and prophesied:
29-31Lord and Master, I am your loving servant and now I can die content, for you have fulfilled your promise to me. With my own eyes I have seen your Word,
the Savior you sent into the world. TPT
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LUKE 2:25 And significantly so, there happened to be a man Simeon, in Jerusalem; he was a righteous man who embraced the goodness of God.
26 Simeon had a Holy Spirit encounter and knew that he would not die before he sees because the Lords Anointed.
27 Prompted in the spirit, he arrived at the temple as the parents of the child Jesus, brought him in, as prescribed in their tradition and law.
28 And Simeon, holding the little child in his arms began to speak eloquent praises to God and said,
29 My Master, I am fully satisfied; you can now release your bond-servant in peace. I am holding your incarnate word in my arms!
30 And my eyes have seen your salvation! MIRROR
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LUKE 2:36 There was also a prophetess Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was already far advanced in her days and a widow for eighty four years. Her husband died when she was only twenty one and married for seven years.
37 For all these years, since her husbands death, she ministered to the Lord continually in the temple with prayers and frequent fastings.
38 As Simeon concluded his prophetic song over the family, Anna mirror-echoed his words in a song of thanksgiving to God for the child. And from that day on, she told everyone in Jerusalem that their Darling, the anticipated Messiah-redeemer has come!
MIRROR
Acts 13:22 God removed him from office and put King David in his place, with this commendation: 'I've searched the land and found this David, son of Jesse. He's a man whose heart beats to my heart, a man who will do what I tell him.'
23 "From out of David's descendants God produced a Savior for Israel, Jesus, exactly as he promised MSG
Job 42:5 I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand from my own eyes and ears!
6 I'm sorry forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise! I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor." MSG
Ex 33:18 Moses said, "Please. Let me see your Glory."
19 God said, "I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I'll call out the name, God, right before you. I'll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I'll be kind to whomever I want to be kind."
20 God continued, "But you may not see my face. No one can see me and live."
21 God said, "Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock.
22 When my Glory passes by, I'll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I've passed by.
23 Then I'll take my hand away and you'll see my back. But you won't see my face." MSG
Ps 9:10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity]. AMP
Ps 27:4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.
5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock.
6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrifices and shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; have mercy and be gracious to me and answer me!
8 You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].
9 Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger, You Who have been my help! Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation! AMP
Ps 105:4 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
Isa 55:6 Seek God while he's here to be found, pray to him while he's close at hand. MSG
Jer 29:13 "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
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
LUKE 11:9 So what Im saying to you is this, in prayer, it is the same, simple principle! Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened for you.
10 This is not just true for you as my friends [like in the parable], it is true even for those who are still total strangers to the Fathers goodness! Everyone who asks will receive, and whoever searches will find and whoever knocks, the door will be opened! MIRROR
Luke 12:31 Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
32 Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. MSG
Acts 17:27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. AMP
Rom 8:7 Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing.
8 And God isn't pleased at being ignored. MSG
2 Becoming affectionately acquainted with throne room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly [soul-ruled] realm. MIRROR