03-18-2020, 03:09 PM
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
TOPIC: SEEKING THE LORD (I)
Read Jeremiah 29:10-14
MEMORISE: And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13)
EXPOSITION
To seek the Lord means to turn to God, to desire to be in relationship with Him, and to come into His presence for fulfilment, strength and help. But in this modern age, there are countless enticements that pull us away from truly seeking God. We seek happiness, fulfilment, success and as many of this world's pleasures as we can get. Whereas, Jesus told us not to worry about all these things, but to seek God first, and all those things we pursue as humans would be added to us, effortlessly (Matt. 6:28-33).
Why would God want a relationship with us who rejected Him? From eternity, He was complete and lacked nothing. He didn't need us to make Him happy. Yet, He created us to know Him and find joy and satisfaction in Him (cf. Jer. 29:11).
God was the first to seek us. We had nothing to offer Him, but He sent His son to bring us to Himself (Rom. 5:8), as He did to the Israelites in captivity. God promised that at the end of the seventy-year captivity, He would then move within a holy remnant, so they would seek Him in prayer with all their hearts. Thereupon, God would listen, answer from heaven, and fulfil His promises of restoration.
God can be sought after and found, when you seek Him wholeheartedly. Second only to salvation, seeking God is the most important aspect of the Christian life - to truly know God: '...you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart' (Jer. 29:13).
PRAYER POINTS
1. The grace to seek You with my whole heart and find fulfilment, strength and help, give me, O Lord, in Jesus' name.
2. Lord Jesus, give me the enablement to seek You above the pleasure of this world.
3. Lord Jesus, grant Christian leaders the grace to turn the attention of their members to seeking You above the pleasures of this world.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Deuteronomy 2 - 3 & John 11
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
TOPIC: SEEKING THE LORD (I)
Read Jeremiah 29:10-14
MEMORISE: And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13)
EXPOSITION
To seek the Lord means to turn to God, to desire to be in relationship with Him, and to come into His presence for fulfilment, strength and help. But in this modern age, there are countless enticements that pull us away from truly seeking God. We seek happiness, fulfilment, success and as many of this world's pleasures as we can get. Whereas, Jesus told us not to worry about all these things, but to seek God first, and all those things we pursue as humans would be added to us, effortlessly (Matt. 6:28-33).
Why would God want a relationship with us who rejected Him? From eternity, He was complete and lacked nothing. He didn't need us to make Him happy. Yet, He created us to know Him and find joy and satisfaction in Him (cf. Jer. 29:11).
God was the first to seek us. We had nothing to offer Him, but He sent His son to bring us to Himself (Rom. 5:8), as He did to the Israelites in captivity. God promised that at the end of the seventy-year captivity, He would then move within a holy remnant, so they would seek Him in prayer with all their hearts. Thereupon, God would listen, answer from heaven, and fulfil His promises of restoration.
God can be sought after and found, when you seek Him wholeheartedly. Second only to salvation, seeking God is the most important aspect of the Christian life - to truly know God: '...you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart' (Jer. 29:13).
PRAYER POINTS
1. The grace to seek You with my whole heart and find fulfilment, strength and help, give me, O Lord, in Jesus' name.
2. Lord Jesus, give me the enablement to seek You above the pleasure of this world.
3. Lord Jesus, grant Christian leaders the grace to turn the attention of their members to seeking You above the pleasures of this world.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Deuteronomy 2 - 3 & John 11
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!