Seek The Lord
Seek The Lord
Scriptures from the book of Psalms : Psalm 53, 88, 83, 77,
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
It is the principle of heaven that one has got to ask in order to be given as much as we forget to ask for the next day to be given to us. However, what you ask for must be in the Will of God, as much as He knows what we need before we even ask.
When someone is sick God knows he/she needs healing, when someone is or about to get into trouble, God knows way ahead and His Will being to save him/her but the person is not in fellowship with God hence God will touch someone else either close or even in another country to pray for the person. God makes use of different ministries to intercede on behalf of His people , He often uses prayer warriors, Evangelists and His Prophets who are always willing and devoted to stand in the gap for God's people that don't even acknowledge His existence and those that can't pray even those that are high in the level of spirituality( there's no greater love).
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
It is the principle of heaven that one has got to ask in order to be given as much as we forget to ask for the next day to be given to us. However, what you ask for must be in the Will of God, as much as He knows what we need before we even ask.
When someone is sick God knows he/she needs healing, when someone is or about to get into trouble, God knows way ahead and His Will being to save him/her but the person is not in fellowship with God hence God will touch someone else either close or even in another country to pray for the person. God makes use of different ministries to intercede on behalf of His people , He often uses prayer warriors, Evangelists and His Prophets who are always willing and devoted to stand in the gap for God's people that don't even acknowledge His existence and those that can't pray even those that are high in the level of spirituality( there's no greater love).
How many times have you experienced hardship to a point where you actually realized there is no way out, all of a sudden you find strength to endure or someone comes up in the middle of nowhere to comfort or help you, you feel like you have been rescued by an angel and in your human thinking you call it a coincidence? The word " coincidence" is in the vocabulary of the proud and the wicked. Someone out there was instructed by God to fast and withdraw sleep to pray for you, in spite of your pride that prevents you from seeking the face of God who created you, whom when He sends the word for you to perish, no one will oppose. The one and only who knew you and counted your days before you were even conceived, the only one who knows the exact number of your hair on your heard. People of God there is nothing you can do to please God no matter how wealthy you are except for doing His Will, ie acknowledging Him as our only God not another, loving His people, worshipping and giving glory to Him alone, believing in Him and prioritizing Him, having a willing heart to know Him.
Luke 19:1-10. "Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,“Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
Zacchaeus was regarded as a sinner, however he tried by all means to get to know Jesus Christ our King. By so doing the Lord looked beyond all that he was and He was pleased by the attempts and willingness of the man, hence he gained favor from the Lord Jesus, He declared salvation and blessed him and his household in spite of all that he had been in the community. Now that Zacchaeus climbed a tree in the effort to get to know Jesus Christ, what is it that you as a child of God are doing in order to get to know Jesus and the Father in heaven?
Do not mention that you pray for very often our prayers are based on prosperity, protection and very seldom thanks giving. We however miss out the most important aspect which is to "Seek the Lord" so we may find Him as He has promised in His Word.
1 Chronicles 28:9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with whole hearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,He will be found by you; but if you forsake him, He will reject you forever.
Do not mention that you pray for very often our prayers are based on prosperity, protection and very seldom thanks giving. We however miss out the most important aspect which is to "Seek the Lord" so we may find Him as He has promised in His Word.
1 Chronicles 28:9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with whole hearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,He will be found by you; but if you forsake him, He will reject you forever.
His promises are "amen and yes" for He is our God who is not a man who would lie and He is not a son of a man who would repent.
Child of God, seeking God is humbleness on its own, we know in the book of James 4:6 "God gives grace to the humble and oppose the proud." Refusal to seek God is pride of the wicked, not acknowledging God, the proud and wicked don't care if they know Him or not but there comes a time for all to seek Him and very often it is too late and as promised in His word, He will reject them forever.
Psalm 10:4. " In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." And we know that pride brought about a downfall to satan, he used to be in high authority in heavens, trusted by God more than any other angel but with pride he ended up being cast down to earth.
Child of God, seeking God is humbleness on its own, we know in the book of James 4:6 "God gives grace to the humble and oppose the proud." Refusal to seek God is pride of the wicked, not acknowledging God, the proud and wicked don't care if they know Him or not but there comes a time for all to seek Him and very often it is too late and as promised in His word, He will reject them forever.
Psalm 10:4. " In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." And we know that pride brought about a downfall to satan, he used to be in high authority in heavens, trusted by God more than any other angel but with pride he ended up being cast down to earth.
Children of God I urge you to embark on a journey to seek the Lord our God, Isaiah 55:6-7 "Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."
It is a call to everyone for his/her advantage to seek the Lord our God the maker of heavens and earth now as He may still be found, His word says, He is closer to those who seek Him and He is faithful that promises. With God near you, who can oppose you?
Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."
It is a call to everyone for his/her advantage to seek the Lord our God the maker of heavens and earth now as He may still be found, His word says, He is closer to those who seek Him and He is faithful that promises. With God near you, who can oppose you?
Prayer Points:
1. Heavenly Father, I am sorry that I have always come to complain before your throne of grace more than to thank You for the gift of life, please forgive me, in Jesus' name.
2. Heavenly Father, I acknowledge my foolishness in seeking Your treasures more than seeking You in my life, please forgive me, in Jesus' name.
3. Father Lord, I am sorry for compromising Your word and to follow the desires of my heart, please forgive me in Jesus' name.
4. Heavenly Father, by Your tender mercies, please grant me the power to seek and find, in the name of Jesus Christ.
5. Heavenly Father, by Your grace, please grant me the wisdom to seek Your face in my prayers and actions, in the name of Jesus.
6. Heavenly Father, Your Word says, those who ask, it shall be given to them, those who seek, they shall find, those who knock, the door shall be opened to them, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
7. Father in this day and hour, I ask for Your mercy and forgiveness, I ask for Your grace and unfailing love over my life, in Jesus' name.
8. Father in this day and hour, I ask for Your remembrance of me, in Jesus' name.
9. Father God, in this day and hour of distress, I seek nothing but Your face, I seek nothing but Your wisdom and righteousness, in Jesus Christ's name.
10. Lord my God,from this day forth, I knock at Your golden gates of heavens, Father with my prayer from this day forth, I intend to knock at Your righteous heart, in Jesus Christ's name.
11. Father Your Word says You give grace to the humble and oppose the proud, therefore in the humbleness of my heart I ask, seek and knock with courage and confidence that You will open Your flood gates of heavens over my life, in Jesus' name.
12. Heavenly Father, I acknowledge that You are God of my fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and by Your Will Lord my God, I ask that Your Kingdom be established in all areas of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Amen............
1. Heavenly Father, I am sorry that I have always come to complain before your throne of grace more than to thank You for the gift of life, please forgive me, in Jesus' name.
2. Heavenly Father, I acknowledge my foolishness in seeking Your treasures more than seeking You in my life, please forgive me, in Jesus' name.
3. Father Lord, I am sorry for compromising Your word and to follow the desires of my heart, please forgive me in Jesus' name.
4. Heavenly Father, by Your tender mercies, please grant me the power to seek and find, in the name of Jesus Christ.
5. Heavenly Father, by Your grace, please grant me the wisdom to seek Your face in my prayers and actions, in the name of Jesus.
6. Heavenly Father, Your Word says, those who ask, it shall be given to them, those who seek, they shall find, those who knock, the door shall be opened to them, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
7. Father in this day and hour, I ask for Your mercy and forgiveness, I ask for Your grace and unfailing love over my life, in Jesus' name.
8. Father in this day and hour, I ask for Your remembrance of me, in Jesus' name.
9. Father God, in this day and hour of distress, I seek nothing but Your face, I seek nothing but Your wisdom and righteousness, in Jesus Christ's name.
10. Lord my God,from this day forth, I knock at Your golden gates of heavens, Father with my prayer from this day forth, I intend to knock at Your righteous heart, in Jesus Christ's name.
11. Father Your Word says You give grace to the humble and oppose the proud, therefore in the humbleness of my heart I ask, seek and knock with courage and confidence that You will open Your flood gates of heavens over my life, in Jesus' name.
12. Heavenly Father, I acknowledge that You are God of my fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and by Your Will Lord my God, I ask that Your Kingdom be established in all areas of my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Amen............
Our 1 day fasting programme, "Seek The Lord"
Instruction:
6am - 6pm,
Dry,
Avoid anything that doesn't glorify the Lord.
By Evangelist GM Mbalane
Instruction:
6am - 6pm,
Dry,
Avoid anything that doesn't glorify the Lord.
By Evangelist GM Mbalane
Very true man of God, we are busy seeking the things that are already given to us, coz if you check on the book of Mathew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.. We as human have tendency to seek and put before God everything imaginable and all of them last but for little while.
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