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“Salvation is not just about getting a ticket punched for heaven—it’s about knowing the God who created us and living in an intimate relationship with Him while we are here on earth.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10).”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Seek. Greek word: zēteō Meaning: “to look for, seek out, to try to obtain, desire to possess, strive for”10 Him. Jesus Christ, Yeshua, the Son of God, Messiah, Savior, King of kings, Lord of lords, Immanuel, Prince of Peace, Bread of Life, Living Water, the Way, the Truth, and the Life First. Greek Word: prōton Meaning: “first, earlier, above all”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“If we want to hear from God and follow His direction in life, then we need to cultivate an ear that hears His voice. That listening ear will be tuned to the voice of God because time in His Word makes us familiar with what He sounds like.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Jesus Himself made it clear that the evidence of our love for God is our obedience. If we want to know God’s will for our lives, we need to start by obeying His will as taught to us in His Word. If we will seek Him and humbly desire to live in obedience to His commands, He will guide us into His perfect will. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“The enemy’s deception is to keep you satisfied with religion until you fall for the lie that there is nothing else.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Satan will also use circumstances and other people to cause us stress, despair, anxiety, fear, unforgiveness, strife, doubt, and anything that keeps us out of the will of God for our lives.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“When we are going through a spiritual battle, we need to look up Scriptures that speak truth over our situation and confess those words aloud. Our words have creative power. Just as God spoke the world into existence, our words can change the atmosphere over which we speak them.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“The more we turn off the television, put down the phone, and guard our eyes and ears from the world’s influence; and the more we will spend time with God, His Word, His music, His ways, the more we will know and understand God’s will for our lives.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Continue seeking God with seriousness. Unless he wanted you, you would not be wanting him.” —C.S. Lewis”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33).”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Simply believing in Him is not the same as truly getting to know Him.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“God doesn’t leave us to struggle with sin on our own. He gives His Holy Spirit to empower us to stand up under temptation. Together with the Spirit, we have to make the choice to take the way out that He gives us.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“The spiritual dryness, the emptiness—it had nothing to do with God or Kenneth or anybody else and everything to do with me.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“We can have as much of the life of God in us as we are willing to surrender of ourselves.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“When we surrender our lives to Him, He will satisfy us by His Spirit and His Word, as long as we continue to seek Him daily.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“So many Christians go through life never making an impact for the Kingdom of God because they’re just pew-warmers. They never pick up their Bibles from Sunday to Sunday. They never feed themselves; they just show up on Sunday morning and wait for someone else to feed them.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).”
― Drawing Ever Closer: 365 Days of Transforming Truth
― Drawing Ever Closer: 365 Days of Transforming Truth
“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him, the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” —St. Augustine”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“and I realized that real, quality time in His presence was what I had lacked in my relationship with God.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“more we turn off the television, put down the phone, and guard our eyes and ears from the world’s influence; and the more we will spend time with God, His Word, His music, His ways, the more we will know and understand God’s will for our lives.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“I am addicted to the presence of God in my life. I know that I can’t make it without Him. I am desperate for His voice and His direction in my life. I know that He will never leave me, but I have experienced what it’s like to walk away from Him and do things my own way. It doesn’t go well, and I don’t ever intend to go back to life without Him.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more.” —A.W. Tozer”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11”
― Seek Him Daily: A 40-Day Journal for Spiritual Growth
― Seek Him Daily: A 40-Day Journal for Spiritual Growth
“Real peace is only found in a relationship with Him. Real peace is the result of surrendering our lives to God and allowing Him to change us from the inside out.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“Fourth, we can learn how to interpret the Bible ourselves—something that doesn’t require a seminary degree to do. Some good books are Jen Wilkin’s Women of the Word and Fee and Stuart’s How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.”
― Just Like Us: Wisdom from the Women of the Bible
― Just Like Us: Wisdom from the Women of the Bible
“We can have as much of the life of God in us as we are willing to surrender of ourselves. We can have as much of the life of God in us as we are willing to let Him have His way.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:22). Our words can also have negative power, if we are agreeing with our circumstances instead of agreeing with God. Guard your tongue from confessing anything but God’s truth in your life.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“We must also pray for those we consider our enemies, remembering that our real enemy is the devil who is using them. “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44).”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
“We do have a responsibility to guard our integrity because we represent the Lord in all we say and do. We need to have a joyful disposition, a peaceful attitude, and Spirit-filled speech.”
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
― Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World
