SEEKING THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART 2-27-26 VIDEO
Seeking means active searching. Seek means to crave. 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.
ACTS 17:27 so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn't play hide-and-seek with us. He's not remote; he's near.
28 We live and move in him, can't get away from him! One of your poets said it well: 'We're the God-created.' MSG
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 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
1 CHRON 16:11 Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night;
12 Remember all the wonders he performed, the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth. MSG
2 CHRON 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. AMP
Heb 11:5 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God."
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
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
JAMES 4:7 Your most effective defense against any diabolical mindset, is to yield yourselves in total abandonment to God, and there encounter his dream-life for you. You will witness how effortlessly those thoughts flee from you.
8 Snuggle up to the warm embrace of God; experience his closeness. The sinner can come with all stains washed from his hands; the double-minded can come with a purified heart. MIRROR
JER 29:13 "When you come looking for me, you'll find me. MSG
PS 14:2 Yahweh looks down in love, looking over all of Adams sons and daughters. Hes looking to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, any who are searching for God and wanting to please him. TPT
PS 9:9 God's a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times.
10 The moment you arrive, you relax; you're never sorry you knocked. MSG
PS 27:4 'm asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house my whole life long. I'll contemplate his beauty; I'll study at his feet.
5 That's the only quiet, secure place in a noisy world, The perfect getaway, far from the buzz of traffic.
6 God holds me head and shoulders above all who try to pull me down. I'm headed for his place to offer anthems that will raise the roof! Already I'm singing God-songs; I'm making music to God.
7 Listen, God, I'm calling at the top of my lungs: "Be good to me! Answer me!"
8 When my heart whispered, "Seek God," my whole being replied, "I'm seeking him MSG
LAM 3:25 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.
26 It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God.
27 It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times.
28 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
29 Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. MSG
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!
2 Im energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory.
3 For your tender mercies mean more to me than life itself. How I love and praise you, God!
4 Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. My arms will wave to you like banners of praise. TPT
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!
PS 34:10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG
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Ps 34:10 Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing. TPT
MATT 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. AMP
HOSEA 10:12 Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. AMP
PRO 8:17 I love those who love me; those who look for me find me. 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
PS 105:4 Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence.
5 Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered - MSG
ISA 55:6 Seek the Lord Yahweh when he makes himself approachable; call upon him when you sense he is near. TPT
COL 3:1 See yourselves co-raised with Christ! Now ponder with persuasion the consequence of your co-inclusion in him. Relocate yourselves mentally! Engage your thoughts with throne room realities where you are co-seated with Christ in the executive authority of Gods right hand.
2 Becoming affectionately acquainted with throne room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly [soul-ruled] realm. MIRROR
1 Cor 2:9 This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imaginethese are the many things God has in store for all his lovers.
10 But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things. TPT