SEEKING GOD - TOPICAL STUDY

Seeking, seekers, spiritual desire,crying out to God, inquiring of God, waiting on God, God's promises, prayer

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Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God;

Command to seek God

Luke 11:9-10

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;

Command to seek God

Luke 11:9-10

Seek and you will find;

Command to seek God

Luke 11:9-10

knock and the door will be opened to you.

Command to seek God

Job 23:3

If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

Yearning for God

Hosea 6:3

Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him.

Yearning for God

Mark 1:37

and when they found him everyone exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!"

Example of seeking Christ

Luke 4:42

At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

Example of seeking Christ

Luke 19:3

He (Zacchaeus) wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

Example of seeking Christ

John 6:24

Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Example of seeking Christ

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with Him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Example of seeking for God

John 12: 21

They came to Phillip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir" , they said, "we would like to see Jesus."

Example of seeking for God

2 Chron 11:16

Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts (a choice we make with our wills) on seeking the Lord, the God of Israel

Examples of seeking God

Ps. 38:9

All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

Ps. 63:1

God knows our true heart

Luke 19:4

When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately, I must stay at your house today."

God seeks for us

Matt 18:12, 14

If a man loses even 1 sheep from his flock of 100 he will go to look for it. In the same way your Father in Heaven is not willing that any of these little ones be lost.

Luke 15:4 -same vs.

God seeks for us

Luke 19:10

For the son of man came to seek and to save what was lost.

God seeks for us

John 1:43

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Phillip, he said to him, "Follow me".

God seeks for us

John 5:14

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

God seeks for us

John 9:35

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man? "

God seeks for us

Acts 17: 27

God did this (gave life and breath to everything and satisfies every need there is) so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him

God wants to be found!

Isa 65:24

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Jer. 33:3

God wants us to find Him!

Deut 4:29

IF you look for Him with all your heart and soul (our whole being must be taken up with God. He is not interested in casual seekers. )

How do we seek God?

Jer. 29: 13

When you seek me with all of your heart ( demands a wholehearted commitment)

How do we seek God?

2 Chron. 17:3-4

And followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

How do we seek God?

2 Chron 26:5

He (Uzziah King of Judah) sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God

How do we seek God?

Psalm 119:10

I seek you with all my heart;

2 Chron 15:15

How do we seek God?

2 Chron. 15:12

And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their Fathers, and to yearn for Him with all their heart's desire and with all their soul: (AMP)

How do we seek God?

2 Chron 15:15A

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with their whole desire,

How do we seek God?

Ps. 42:1-2a

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

How do we seek God?

Ps. 84:2

My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

How do we seek God?

Heb 10:22

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

How do we seek God?

James 4:8

Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

How do we seek God?

Ps. 63:1

O God, you are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirst for You, my flesh longs for you in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Ps. 119:20

How do we seek God?

Isa 26:9a

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you.

How do we seek God?

Ps. 143:6

I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.

How do we seek God?

and cry for help

How do we seek God?

Ex. 2:23

The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

How do we seek God?

Ps. 61:2

I call to you,

How do we seek God?

2 Chron 7:14

If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,

How do we seek God?

Luke 11:9

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

John 14:14

How do we seek God?

Jer 33:3

Call to me

How do we seek God?

Hosea 10:12

Until He comes and showers righteousness on you.

How long do we seek God?

Psalm 105:4

Seek His face always (or keep on searching)

How long do we seek?

2 Chron. 17:3-4

He did not consult the Baals but sought the God of his father

How not to seek God

Jer 29:13

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

How should we seek God?

Acts 17: 27

though he is not far from each one of us.

Is God Far Away?

John 17:24

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Jesus wants to unite us with His Father

Psalm 119:10

Do not let me stray from your commands

Obedience and Seeking God closely tied

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness

Amos 5:4

Preparation for Seeking

Hosea 10:12

Reap the fruit of unfailing love and

Zeph 2:3

Preparation for Seeking

Hosea 10:12

Break up your fallow ground (unplowed)

Matt 6:33

Preparation for Seeking

Deut 4:29

You will find Him (a promise)

Promise

Jer. 29: 13

You will seek me and find me ( a promise)

Promise

Amos 5:14

Then the Lord your God will be with you just as you say He is.

Promise

And all these things (all the things needed in life) will be given to you as well.

Promise

Luke 11:9-10

For everyone who asks receives;

Promise

Luke 11:9-10

he who seeks finds:

Promise

Luke 11:9-10

and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Promise

Hosea 6:3

As surely as the sun rises he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.

Promise

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Promise

Jer 29:13

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Promise

John 14:14

You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Promise

Zeph 2:3

Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.

Promise???

Ezra 8:21

I (Ezra) proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Reason to seek God?

Hosea 12:6

maintain love and justice,

Requirements while we seek Him

Ezra 8:22b

But his great anger is against all who forsake him.

Result of NOT seeking God

Ezra 8:22b

The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him,

Result of seeking God

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

Result of seeking God

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied

Result of seeking God

Ps. 63:5

My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Result of seeking God

Ps. 103:5

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Result of seeking God

Ps. 107:9

For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Result of seeking God

Matt 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.

Result of seeking God

John 4:14

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

Result of seeking God

John 6:35

I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never by hungry, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

Result of seeking God

Ps. 62:5

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him

Result of seeking God

Ex. 2:24-25

God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant…..so God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

Result of Seeking God

2 Chron 7:14

then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Result of seeking God

Pr. 8:7

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Jer 29:13

Result of seeking God

Luke 11:9

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Luke 18:7

Result of seeking God

and he hears my voice

Result of seeking God

Jer 33:3

and I will answer you

Result of seeking God

Jer 33:3

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know

Result of seeking God

2 Chron. 14:7

Let us build up these towns, King Asa said to Judah, and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God;

Result of seeking God

2 Chron. 14:7

we sought Him and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Result of seeking God

2 Chron. 17:3-4

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways his father David had followed.

Result of seeking God

2 Chron 26:5

As long as he sought the Lord, God gave Him success.

Result of Seeking God

Ps. 24:4-5

He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God His saviour.

Result of seeking God

Ps. 24:4-5

Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face O God of Jacob.

Result of seeking God

2 Chron 15:15B

and he was found by them.

Results of seeking God

Ps. 34:4

and he answered me

Results of seeking God

Ps. 34:4

he delivered me from all my fears.

Results of seeking God

Ps. 34:6

and the Lord heard him;

Results of seeking God

Ps. 34:6

he saved him out of all his troubles

Results of seeking God

Ps. 27:14

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Seeking also requires waiting upon God

Hosea 12:6

and wait for your God always.

Seeking also requires waiting upon God

 in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation

Seeking also requires waiting upon God

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while He may be found. (There is a limited time to do so).

Jer. 29.13

Time of seeking

Isaiah 55:6

Call on Him while He is near (again there seems a time constraint.)

Time of seeking

Hosea 10:12

For it is time to seek the Lord,

Time of seeking

Ps. 25: 4-5

Show me your ways O Lord,

We can ask God to help us seek Him

Ps. 25: 4-5

teach me your paths;

We can ask God to help us seek Him

Ps. 25: 4-5

guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour and my hope is in you all day long.

We can ask God to help us seek Him

Ps. 61:2

lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

We can ask God's help in seeking Him

Amos 5:14

Seek good not evil, that we may live

What do we seek?

Zeph 2:3

Seek Righteousness

What do we seek?

Zeph 2:3

Seek humility

What do we seek?

Ex. 2:23

The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

When do we seek God?

Ex. 14:10b

They were terrified and cried out to the Lord

When do we seek God?

Ps. 61:2

I call as my heart grows faint;

When do we seek God?

1 Chron 16:11

seek his face always.

When do we seek God?

Ps. 5:3

In the morning O Lord, you hear my voice;

Ps. 55:17

When should we seek God

Ps. 119:147

I rise before dawn

Zech 8:21

When should we seek God

Ps. 55:17

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress

When should we seek God

Deut 4:29

But, if from there (from captivity) - from our place of sin and bondage

2 Chron. 14:4 - Asa (king) commanded Judah to … seek the Lord & Obey his commandments

When should we seek God?

John 3: 16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Where do we find God?

Eph. 2:4-5

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-- it is by grace you have been saved.

Where do we find God?

Rev. 3:20

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

Where do we find God?

John 7:37B

If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

Where do we find God?

Ps. 61:2

From the ends of the earth

Where should we seek God

Isa. 55:1

Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;

Who are invited to seek God?

and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Who are invited to seek God?

Deut 4:29

IF you look for Him with all your heart and soul (our whole being must be taken up with God. He is not interested in casual seekers. )

Who can seek God?

Zeph 2:3

Seek the Lord all you humble of the land

Who can seek God?

Zeph 2:3

You who do what He commands (this qualifies who the humble is)

Who can seek God?

Ps. 24:3-4

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord?  Who may stand in his holy place?

Who can seek God?

Ps. 24:3-4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, and who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false

Who can seek God?

Ps. 34:6

This poor man called

Who can seek God?

Deut 4:29

You seek the Lord Your God (a recognition of our place in submission to God)

Who do we seek?

Psalm 105:4

Look to (search for)  the Lord and His strength

Who do we seek?

Ps. 27:8

My heart says of you, "Seek His Face!" Your face, Lord, I will seek

Who do we seek?

Ps. 34:4

I sought the Lord

Who do we seek?

1 Chron 16:11

Look to the Lord and his strength;

Who do we seek?

Rev. 22:17b

Whoever is thirsty, let him come;

Who should seek God?

Ps. 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Isa 50:8

Who will find God?

whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

Who will find God?

Matt. 6:33

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,

Who/what do we seek?

Jer 31:3

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with lovingkindness."

Why are we even able to seek God?

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

Why are we even able to seek God?

1 John 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Why are we even able to seek God?

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us .

Why are we even able to seek God?

Ps. 73:25

Whom have I in Heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Why do we seek God?