TODAY'S PROMISE

"And those who know Your name

will put their trust in You,

For You, O LORD, have not 

forsaken those who seek You."

(Psalms 9:10 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Ask, and it will be given to you;

seek, and you will find; knock,

and it will be opened to you.  For

everyone who asks receives, and

he who seeks finds, and to him

who knocks it will be opened."

(Matthew 7:7,8 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:

but they that seek the LORD shall not want

any good thing."(Psalms 34:10)  

TODAY'S PROMISE

"The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

To the person who seeks Him."

(Lamentations 3:25 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And you shall seek me, and find me, when you

shall search for me with all your heart."

(Jeremiah 29:13)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"...The hand of our God is upon all them for good

that seek him; but his power and his wrath is

against all them that forsake him."

(Ezra 8:22)  

A CLOSER WALK WITH GOD

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Do you want a closer walk with God?

Most Christians I know want a closer walk with God.

And, most Christians I know relate it to a knowledge 

of God's word - The Holy Bible.  And that's very, very

important.

Frankly I am appalled at the lack of knowledge of the 

Bible by most Christians.  They would claim that it is 

the most important book in the world.  Yet it seems the 

only knowledge they have about spiritual things is only

the things they have heard some preacher preach.

BUT IS THAT THE PROBLEM?

Consider this.

Shortly after God created mankind, in about the 

sixth generation, was a man named Enoch.  Enoch

walked with God.  In fact, Enoch walked so close to

God that God decided to just take Enoch on up to 

heaven with him.  So, God "translated" Enoch to

himself.

But, Enoch did not have a Bible.

After a lot more years mankind had gotten so rotten

that God decided to just wipe them out.  But, there 

was one man who "walked" with God.  His name 

was Noah.  So God preserved the human race through

Noah, because Noah walked with God.

But, Noah did to have a Bible.

Years latter again there was a man who walked with

God.  His name was Abraham.  Abraham was known

as "The friend of God".  And God made a covenant 

with Abraham that resulted in a race of people we 

call "Jews".  Because Abraham walked with God.

But, Abraham did not have a Bible.

Many more years later another man named Elijah

walked with God.  Elijah walked so close to God 

during his life time that God sent a fiery chariot to 

take Elijah to heaven.

But, Elijah would have only had a few of the books

we call "The Old Testament" available to him.

My friend,

the problem is not how well we know the Scriptures.

The problem is in our want to.

We get what we want.  That is why you owe money

for some things that "you wanted."

When we WANT to walk closer with God bad enough,

then we will.

"But from there you will seek the

Lord your God, and you will find

him, if you search after him with

all your heart and with all your

soul."

(Deuteronomy 4:29 RSV)

APPROVAL

We all want approval.
Approval of our family, friends,
neighbors, teachers or the boss.
Some even seek approval of their cronies
in seeing how crude or vile they can be.
Or even how evil they can be.

But is that where we should be seeking
our approval?

The approval of humans is only good
for a very brief time.  We need to be
seeking our approval where it really
matters.  The approval of God himself.

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The creator himself spoke of some

leaders and very religious folks who 

would not stand up for the truth because:

"They loved human approval rather

than the approval of God."

(John 12:43 GNT)

Sounds just like today.

Which is more important?
The approval of someone that does
not matter anyway.  Or the approval
of God himself who controls your
eternal destiny?

Jesus once said;

"I am not looking for human praise.
But I know what kind of people you
are, and I know that you have no
love for God in your hearts."

" You like to receive praise from one
another, but you do not try to win 
praise from the one who alone is God;..."
(John 5:41,42, 44 GNT)

The apostle Paul one of the most
devout men of God to ever live
once said:

"Does this sound as if I am trying to win
human approval?  No indeed!  What I
want is God's approval!    Am I trying to
be popular with people?  If I were still
trying to do so, I would not be a servant
of Christ."
(Galatians 1:10 GNT)

Whose approval are we seeking?

TODAY'S PROMISE

"But from there you will seek the LORD your God,
and you will find him,
if you search after him with all your heart
and with all your soul."
(Deuteronomy 4:29 RSV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
who walk in the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
and that seek him with the whole heart."
(Psalms 119:1,2 KJV)

"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

LONGING FOR GOD

"O GOD, you are my God;

early will I seek you:

my soul thirsts for you,

my flesh longs for you as in a dry and thirsty land,

where no water is; 

To see your power and your glory,

 as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

Because your lovingkindness is better than life,

my lips shall praise you.

Thus will I bless you while I live:

I will lift up my hands in your name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;

and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

When I remember you upon my bed,

and meditate on you in the night watches.

Because you have been my help,

therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

My soul follows hard after you:

your right hand up holds me."

(Psalms 63:1-8 AKJV)