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WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Pine Grove Church of Christ – 05/02/10
DILIGENTLY SEEKING GOD
Pine Grove Church of Christ – 05/02/10
Diligently Seeking God
Hebrews 11:6 – “But without faith it
is impossible to please Him, for he
who comes to God must believe that
He is, and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him”
Diligently Seeking God
We Must Seek God First There is no room for putting God second.
We Must Seek God with All Our Heart No Half-Hearted Approach
We Must Seek to Please God We cannot let other desires to choke God
out. God’s Promise to the Seeker
“Seek, and you will find”
Diligently Seeking God
Right Motives
Right Motives
Love for God Matthew 22:36-37 – “You shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart”
I John 4:16-19 – “We love Him because He first loved us”
Revelation 2:1-5 – “I have this against you, that you have left your first love”
Right Motives
Glorify God Matthew 5:14-16 – “they may see your
good works and glorify your Father in heaven”
Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14 – “to the praise of the glory of His grace”
Philippians 1:20 - “Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death”
I Peter 2:9 – “His own special people, that you may proclaim the praise of Him”Romans 1:20-21 – “although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God”
Diligently Seeking God
Right Motives
Right Attitudes
Right Attitudes
Not as Eve: Genesis 3:1-6 – “tree was good for
food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise”
Not as Moses: Exodus 4:10-13 – “O my lord, please
send by the hand of whomever else You may send”
Right Attitudes
Noah: Genesis 6:22 – “Thus Noah did;
according to all that God commanded him, so he did.”
Joseph: Genesis 39:7-9 – “How then can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Isaiah: Isaiah 6:8 – “Here am I! Send me.”
Right Attitudes
Mary: Luke 1:30-38 – “Behold the
maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word”
Jesus: Matthew 26:36-39, 42 – “not as I
will, but as You will” Saul:
Acts 9:3-6 – “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Diligently Seeking God
Right Motives
Right Attitudes
Right Actions
Right Actions
Seeking God Thru His Word II Timothy 4:16-17 – “thoroughly
equipped for every good work” I Corinthians 2:9-12 – “that we
might know the things that have been freely given to us by God”
Psalm 1:1-3 – “his delight is in the law of the Lord”
Right Actions
Seeking God Thru Jesus I Peter 2:21 – “leaving us an
example, that you should follow His steps”
Philippians 2:5 – “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus”
I Corinthians 11:1 – “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ”
Right Actions
Seeking God Thru Prayer Luke 18:1 – “men always ought to
pray and not lose heart” James 1:5 – “If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God”
Diligently Seeking God
Right Motives Let Our Driving Force be that we Love God
& we are seeking to Glorify Him.
Right Attitudes Let Our Attitudes be as Saul’s “Lord, What
do You want ME to do?”
Right Actions Let us seek God thru His Word, thru Jesus,
& thru Prayer.
Pine Grove Church of Christ – 05/02/10
