A Challenge (No debate)

[Joy]

A dear friend sent me a wonderful gift, a workbook which allows one to review one's Relationship with God.

I have been challenged by the following

The author said what attracted him to the Spirit-filled life was the strong sense of the reality of God and the possibility of knowing God now.
The Christian faith for him became a living experience not just a theological knowledge.

As I read this I realised this is what I want and need. Because even as a 'Spirit-filled' Christian it is easy to say the right words from the Bible because they sound good in the presence of my Christian Friends. but the real question is do I know the reality of God in my life. Am I seeking Him?

Can we share here Scriptures which help us turn to God and encourage each other in our seeking Him.

 

[razeontherock]

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. - Ps 103

 

[pdudgeon]

i find that there's no better starting place than psalms 21.

 

[SUNSTONE]

It's easy, just fight sin and help those in need and your relationship with God will get stronger and stronger.

 

[disciple-ofjesus]

Yes, it is getting into that intimate place with Poppa and letting Him speak to your heart. Being obedient to Him.
Psalm 91 is excellent.

 

[Criada]

Habakkuk 3:17-18
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

 

[disciple-ofjesus]

amen Criada! Amen. He is SO faithful.

 

[Strong in Him]

This is what came to mind as I read this thread;

"One thing I ask of the Lord,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and seek him in his holy temple." Psalm 27:4

"My heart says of you, 'seek his face!'
Your face, Lord, I will seek." Psalm 27:8

"those who seek the Lord lack nothing good." Psalm 34:8

"I love those who love me,
and those who seek me, find me." Proverbs 8:17

"Ask and it will be given to you,
seek and you will find .........
for everyone who ...... seeks, finds." Luke 11:9-10

I'm sure there is a verse somewhere whioch says, "those who seek me will find me when they seek me with all their heart", but I can't find it.

God WANTS you to seek him, and will always answer any prayer to
know him better, see more of his glory or receive more of him.

May God continue to work in you, reveal his love, gifts and purpose to you and empower you greatly.

 

[Strong in Him]

Actually, I think Paul says this better than I ever could;

"I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fulness of God" Ephesians 3:17-19

 

[Always in His Presence]

I found prayinmg these prayers for myself and others very benefitial

17[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

18By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),
19And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,
20Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],
21Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.
22And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church], 23Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself].

 

[Always in His Presence]

and then there is this one:

14For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name].
16May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
17May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
20Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]-- 21To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

 

[Always in His Presence]

and this one:

9For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things--

10That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].
11[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
12Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the [portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light.
13[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

 

[Joy]

This is what came to mind as I read this thread;

"One thing I ask of the Lord,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and seek him in his holy temple." Psalm 27:4

"My heart says of you, 'seek his face!'
Your face, Lord, I will seek." Psalm 27:8

"those who seek the Lord lack nothing good." Psalm 34:8

"I love those who love me,
and those who seek me, find me." Proverbs 8:17

"Ask and it will be given to you,
seek and you will find .........
for everyone who ...... seeks, finds." Luke 11:9-10

I'm sure there is a verse somewhere whioch says, "those who seek me will find me when they seek me with all their heart", but I can't find it.

God WANTS you to seek him, and will always answer any prayer to
know him better, see more of his glory or receive more of him.

May God continue to work in you, reveal his love, gifts and purpose to you and empower you greatly.

I'm sure there is a verse somewhere whioch says, "those who seek me will find me when they seek me with all their heart", but I can't find it.

That's Jeremiah 29:11-13

 

[Joy]

and then there is this one:

14For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name].
16May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
17May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
20Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]-- 21To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

and this one:

9For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things--

10That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].
11[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
12Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the [portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light.
13[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

Wow What amazing prayers producing faith Thank you so much I believe these should be the basis for how we pray for one another because such passages focus us on God and the Wonderful things He has done for us and what He is continuing to do in us and through us.. But we can only do as we receive a Revelation of Who our Father is.

 

[Stoopot, Lord of Mice]

Let's not forget Mark 11.23-24 either...