Seeking the Lord is not a ritual. There’s so much more to seeking the Lord than praying longer, or louder or fasting. Even if we think, “seeking the Lord” means fasting or going through religious ceremonies, God tells us fasting is useless without doing what is right. Isaiah 58:2-11 (NIV) For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken [...] Read more »
How I Can Seek the Lord – 7 ways
How can I seek the Lord? If you’re like me, you might think “seeking the Lord” simply means to “pray longer, pray louder and probably fast”. While Scripture does mention prayer and fasting with the right attitude, it also includes other, possibly surprising ways. 7 Ways to Seek the Lord 1. Call upon God and pray to him Jeremiah 29:12-14a (New International Version) Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [...] Read more »
Why Seek the Lord – 7 reasons
Why should I seek the Lord? Well, besides the promise that those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing (Psalm 34:10), there are a number of other benefits to following God’s command to seek Him (Hosea 10:12). Much like fearing the Lord, seeking the Lord is of great benefit for us; and like fearing the Lord, we shouldn’t seek the Lord just to get the benefits. Knowing the benefits can motivate us, keep us focused and help us [...] Read more »
Seeking the Lord
Before we look at seeking the Lord, I need to point out something about fearing the Lord. We’re given three conditions for getting the good God has for us. Fear the Lord Seek the Lord Do what’s right And right away we see that part of fearing God is obeying his commandments…doing what’s right. We could make an argument that everything in the list of 16 Ways To Fear the Lord can be summarized with “do what’s right.” I won’t [...] Read more »
16 Ways I Can Fear the Lord
16 Ways I’ve Found to Fear the Lord How can I fear the Lord? Fearing the Lord is not walking around being afraid you’re going to give account of all your past sins at the end of your days. You will do this if you haven’t asked Him to forgive you in this life. But if you are washed, sanctified, and justified – which you are when you have Jesus as Lord of your life (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)- you’re only [...] Read more »
Why I Fear the Lord – 12 Benefits
Why should I Fear the Lord? It can’t be simply to get the good He has for us. In fact, it shouldn’t be for any of the benefits the Scripture tell us. We need to know how to fear Him because of who He is. The One who spoke the Worlds into existence is bigger than any “friend” box I can dream up for Him. I’m outlining the benefits to help increase the expectancy and therefore the desire to learn [...] Read more »
Why Fear God?
Why Fear God? The first condition for getting the good God has for us is for us to “fear God.” So the question is How Can I Fear God? How do we balance perfect love driving out all fear (1 John 4:18) with worshipping God acceptably with all reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:28-29)? How can God not give us the spirit of fear, and yet still tell us to fear Him? What is fearing [...] Read more »
Has God Promised Good to Us?
Has God really promised good to us? The fourth verse of John Newton’s “Amazing Grace” has us singing it so…what does the Bible say? There are two great verses that tell us our Good God wants good for us. I know there are many more, but these two come with the conditions Promises for good O fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; [...] Read more »
How to Get the Good God Has For You
How to get the good God has for you. I know that there are many of us struggling with things in this life. Some issues are because of health. Some are because of finances. Some are relationships that really need miracles to change hearts. These are the areas where hope is tested. I want you to know you can still have hope. I want you to know how to get the good God has for you. The writer of Hebrews [...] Read more »