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Psalms chapter 63 oh god you are my god

early will I seek you my soul thirsts

for you my flesh longs for you in a dry

and thirsty land where there is no water

so I have looked for you in the

sanctuary to see your power and your

glory o God you’re my god and early will

I seek you do those words describe your

relationship with God are you thirsty

for him listen to the words does your

soul and flesh loan for him most

importantly are you seeking him this is

what God laid on my heart this word seek

and that’s what I want to talk about is

the need to seek the need to be

aggressive and the pursuer of God are

you seeking Him does your do you long

for him are you after him are you

seeking him listen if I’m going to live

for God if I’m going to be strong if I’m

gonna have a vital relationship with

Jesus Christ I must seek God daily and

fervently a must I must seek God daily

and fervently when we are weak with God

temptation is strong when we’re strong

with God temptation is weak the stronger

I am with God the more I’m seeking God

the weaker temptation is the weaker I am

the less that I seek God the stronger

temptation becomes in my life I must

earnestly daily fervently seek God often

we see someone in a in an awesome

relationship with the Lord and we say oh

wow they must have been born that way

and I that’s what I’ve always wanted or

or you know they

they found something like what we act

like they found something like like like

you know they they’re different there is

something about no they’re not they’re

just earnestly seeking God they’re

seeking God they’re seeking Him daily

they’re seeking Him fervently that’s the

difference between people who have the

touch of God in the favor of God and the

presence of God in the words in their

spirit in their prayers in their

disposition the way they live there’s a

difference in those people because they

seek God you don’t stumble upon a great

relationship with God listen to me young

people you don’t you’re not born with it

you have to seek it you have to seek it

through the Scriptures the reading daily

of the scriptures you have to seek it

phoo phoo giving God in I don’t even

like using that word have to I I really

want you to understand that there’s a

place in God where it is who you are to

seek God it’s not a half-two it’s that’s

what I want to do I don’t want a Sunday

morning thing with God I want to seek

Him and there are two reasons that

someone has a relationship that’s

powerful with God I believe everybody

here who who has come that’s a believer

sincerely desires if you were asked

could you have a powerful relationship

with God you would say absolutely yes

but I don’t know if you understand what

what you have to you have to seek Him it

requires something of you and there are

two things that people with a powerful

relationship of God will always have

that I’ve noticed through the years

number one they will have people pouring

into their life if they have a powerful

relationship with God you can count on

it they have people in their life who

pour into them on the spiritual side

they pour into them and shape their

being shaped by people or they are going

through pain and there’s something about

problems in pain that can help you

develop a powerful powerful relationship

with God the word today is seek seek so

so

his problems are pain that drives you

into that place to seeking God and

there’s nothing like problems in pain to

make us turn to the word make us turn to

prayer make us turn to God with all of

our heart to get spiritually minded and

seek Him and go after him and ask and

pray or it’s people pouring into our

life or listening to iPods are listening

to speakers all week long and listening

to TV shows or whatever it is that feeds

your spirit these are the things that

that that can help us seek God but in

Psalms chapter 9 and verse 10 and those

of you who know your name will put your

trust in you for you Lord have not

forsaken those who seek you some of you

today feel like you’re forsaken some of

you feel like gods nowhere in your

situation you got problems going on

notice he says I won’t forsake the

person who seeks me if you’ll seek me

and read my scripture if you’ll seek me

and get along with me and pray about

your problems I will not forsake you

Psalms 10 let’s go right turn right to

psalms 10 and verse 4 the wicked and his

proud countenance does not seek god now

notice something about wickedness god’s

definition of wickedness is wickedness

does not seek god wickedness does not

take the time to read that book and to

get along with God and to cultivate

their spirit and to create an atmosphere

in their life of god-consciousness

wickedness does not seek God righteous

people seek God the wicked and his proud

countenance does not listen while proud

proud proud countenance I don’t need to

seek God I’m okay I’m saying I’m going

to heaven I don’t have to seek God if

the last thing that comes up in your

mind when somebody’s sick in your house

is God you’re not seeking God the first

thing that ought to come up is this pray

the first thing that ought to come up

with problems and challenges with your

children is not who we’re gonna run to

who can we call who can which prey let’s

see God

let’s see God let’s seek God about this

let’s say we seek God about our problems

and our issues look at look at Psalms 27

and verse 8

concerning sinking when you said seek my

face this is this is something David

praying it to God when you said seek my

face my heart said to you your face Lord

I will seek do not hide your face from

me do not turn your servant away in

anger you have been my help do not leave

me nor forsake me he goes on to say if

my father and my mother forsake me the

Lord will take care of me if I was seek

him if I was seek him listen to what he

said when you said seek my face my heart

said your face Lord I will see see what

he’s saying there is God will absolutely

whisper to you in your walk with Jesus

seek my face I miss you you’re not who

you started out to be you’re not seeking

me seek my face don’t don’t eat that

meal today fast seek my face and he said

my heart says back to you your face will

I seek hey come read the Bible hey you

hear this voice hey read the Bible hey

hey read the Bible that’s the Holy

Spirit and he’s saying see my face see

my face don’t ignore me again and again

and again and again and again seek my

face and my heart says your face Lord

will I seek Psalms 34 and verse 10 turn

right to Psalms 34 and verse 10 I laid

it out so that you can just keep turning

right it’s real easy Psalms 34 and verse

10 I love this verse the Young Lions

lack and suffer hunger

but those who seek the Lord shall not

lack any good thing if you will be a

person who seeks God

who’s the aggressor in your relationship

with God you’re seeking Him I

congratulate you for being in God’s

house those of you who sit in here and

in any of our campuses I congratulate

you you didn’t have to come you didn’t

have to get up but you’re seeking God

and he says his promise to you is for

those who seek the Lord they will lack

no good thing oh if we just seek the

Lord he’s got everything we want he’s

got everything we need you know when I

began to seek the Lord as a young

teenager I didn’t know all these verses

I didn’t know that

he’ll withhold no good thing I lack

nothing

I like no good thing if I seek the Lord

you know that a spouse or a mate for

life is a good thing do you know a

husband a wife is a good thing do you

know children that are blessed are a

good thing well how look that family’s

just blessed they just look up no they

not they’re seeking God and if you seek

God he will you will lack for no good

thing a house a car a job increase

blessing success prosperity healing help

strength peace direction will of God

it’s all in seeking him he’ll with whole

nothing he said the Young Lions lacked

but you won’t lack anything there’s

nothing that I will withhold from the

person who will daily and fervently keep

on seeking me through the ups through

the Downs through the Plenty through the

won’t through the good times through the

bad times you just stay in that word and

you stay in God and you go after God and

you’re seeking Him every day daily

fervently Psalms 40 and verse 16 let all

of those who seek you rejoice and be

glad in you let such as love

you say Salvation continually the Lord

be magnified let all of those who seek

you rejoice and be glad I’m telling you

that if you seek the Lord he’ll give you

joy he’ll give you gladness he’ll cause

you to have joy no matter what’s going

on in your life because our joy does not

come from the world our happiness is not

determined by happenings our joy source

is Jesus Christ he is the center of our

life and he says if you’ll seek me

there’ll always be a portion of gladness

and rejoicing that you have in your life

Jeremiah 29 and 11 is a kind of one of

those famous scriptures and we love to

speak it over our young people but we

only quote half the verse for I know the

thoughts that I think toward you says

the Lord thoughts of peace and not evil

to give you a future and a hope then you

will call upon me and pray to me and

I’ll listen to you and you will seek me

and find me when you search for me with

all of your heart that hope that future

that plan that big deal that destiny and

purpose that God has put you on this

earth will only be found if you seek me

and if you seek me you was in search for

me with all of your heart you will find

me but you’ve got to seek it you’ve got

a secret huh I tell you when I got saved

and filled with the Holy Spirit as a

young teenager I began to come I began

to seek God I’m concerned that that that

young people don’t just come to an altar

and even adults and we get you just

become religious people and we’re not we

don’t have a heart that’s desperately

seeking for God because the key to

finding the will of God finding the

direction and path and plan that God has

for your life

there is

no question he has it I know the plans I

have for you to give you a future to

give you hope but you’ll only get it if

you seek me quit wasting your life quit

wasting your days quit getting up and

ignoring this book if you seek me I’m

going to direct your life acknowledge me

in all of your ways I will direct your

path seek me

get that trash out of your car this

filled with vulgarity and filth and get

some worship and seasoning live in an

atmosphere of seeking me

praying to me talking to me seek me aw

Tozer said for there will be no

manifestation of God to his people

apart from earnest seeking we see people

with an awesome relationship with God

you know we just say boy they just have

an awesome no they don’t they’re

earnestly seeking they’re earnestly

seeking there aren’t earnestly going

back to the word daily and fervently and

seeking listening put it pouring the

word in because this is what we are

called to do out of that God begins to

move then he puts a word it’s funny

you’ll read a scripture if you read it

for yourself gonna burn that word in

your spirit and a few days later you’ll

come to church and somebody will preach

on it and just coincidentally somebody

will bring it up over here and it’ll

come and out of the mouth of two or

three witnesses God will say I’ll

establish your destiny because you spent

time to seek me in the word that’s how

God does it it really is and you’re

cheating yourself it’s not become some

kind of religious freak that no when you

seek God there’s something powerful that

is released into your life I I want to

go to a scripture that I’m gonna close

with this one in one more but in second

chronicles 26

he salt God in the days of Zechariah he

had understanding in visions of God as

long and here’s what here’s what God lit

up in my soul and as long as he sought

the Lord God made him to prosper on

every business person in this room I

want every person on every teenager I

want every college student I want every

young man every young woman I want every

person to listen listen to that verse

again and as long as he sought the Lord

God made him to prosper

well what did that look like verse seven

said God helped him against the

Philistine God helped him he had God

help against his enemies verse eight

said that his fame spread as far as the

entrance of Egypt for he became

exceedingly strong verse 15 said that he

started inventing stuff he had devices

that he invented by skilful men and they

they their fame spread wide and far for

he was marvelously helped till he became

strong verse 16 but when he was strong

his heart was lifted up to his

destruction notice that there is a there

is a strength in weakness and there is a

weakness in strength the strength of

weakness is when I’m weak then he is

strong and I’m seeking Him and as long

as I seek Him he made me to prosper but

the dangerous period for all of us is

when God blesses us and we stop seeking

Him because then when we look strong

we’re really weak because it’s our

effort and God is not in it and my my

deal to you today is as long as he

sought the Lord what uh what if you

don’t get nothing outside of this

message you ought to take that verse and

put it up in your business and put it

somewhere on your desk and say as long

as I seek the Lord God will make me to

prosper but if I ever get so strong that

I lose my my seeking I don’t go to the

Scriptures anymore I don’t have time to

do that anymore I don’t have time for

prayer I don’t want to do much fasting

he says seek my face but I know I’m

distant I know I’m cold I know I’m just

going along bumping along in my wall but

I’m not gonna seek your face no I’m a

busy man then then a problem will come

and Genesis last last verse and then I’m

gonna close with one little statement

Genesis chapter 4 and verse 7 God said

to Cain if you do well will you not be

accepted if you do not do well sin lies

at the door one translation says sin is

crouched like a lion at the door and its

desire is for you I want you to look at

think of the faces of your loved ones

think of the faces of yourself your wife

your husband all of it and sin has a

great desire crouched at the door

outside your house ready ready to rip to

shreds and pieces and then he says but

you should rule over it

so here’s one I found this in an article

this weekend I thought it was profound I

really did and I wrote it down how to

fall flat on your face

and he warned about David he’s talking

on all summit he’s talking about David

this Arthur was talking about David in

this little article and he said the most

dangerous time in a person’s life is in

the prosperous time and he said when the

Kings went out to battle David stayed

home because he didn’t need to do that

seeking stuff anymore I’m good

I’m blessed so watch this

this writer said these words and I think

they’ve got a little outline when you’re

in prosperous times prosperous times

lead to passive wheels and passive

wheels lead to overpowering emotions and

overpowering emotions lead to impure

thoughts and impure thoughts leads to

private sin catch this part this was the

most powerful thing to me and private

sin leads to public consequences

privates in always everytime eventually

leads to public consequences and sins

crouched at the door you may have a

beautiful wonderful family but I promise

you sin is crouching at the door I don’t

want this be some kind of negative no no

no what I’m saying to you is it ought

not to rule over you it doesn’t have to

go that way if you’ll seek him he’ll

give you strength if you’ll seek him

he’ll give you wisdom if you’ll seek him

he’ll give you success if you seek him

when the enemy comes in like a flood the

Spirit of the Lord will raise up a

standard against it if you’ll seek him

no weapon formed against you will

prosper if you’ll seek and God will help

you and as long as we seek the Lord God

will make us to prosper how long

when’s the last time you heard that

voice seek my face and your heart say it

not your head your heart said your face

will I seek seek I must seek him daily

i’ma seek him fervently and if I will I

will rule over it whatever it is for you

you can rule over it you can rule over

now I want you to stand your feet all

over this room and at every campus now

feel the presence of a holy spirit here

right now you don’t have to do this but

does anybody hear that voice saying seek

me

get out of your seat for a few moments

break the norm and walk down an aisle in

total humility and surrender and say God

I’m coming to start a new fresh seeking

of your word a searching for you a

seeking as the as the water as a parched

desert longs for water my flesh longs

for you just come come come you can

stand if God speaking to you would you

say from your heart your face will I

seek your face will I seek and I don’t

care what anybody thinks you say well we

can’t all get down there but there’s

something about physically moving and

obeying God when his voice speaks to you

it is it is it is important obedience is

important to God and everybody pray this

prayer say Lord Jesus I seek you and you

said if I seek you that I would find you

and today I have found you I see you on

the cross you shed your blood for me it

cleanses me it forgives me of all my

sins I know sin is at the door but I

have you therefore I have authority over

it and I receive you as my savior

teach me to seek you teach me to read

that book he’s he’s got in his hand

every day of my life I want to grow I

want to be seeking you earnestly and

daily because you have a future and you

have a hope and a purpose for my life I

receive it in Jesus mighty name by faith

let’s give the Lord the biggest praise

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