The Psalmists sang about God’s invitation to “Seek the Lord!” The Old Testament prophets proclaimed it, and Jesus and the Apostles repeated the call. “Seek the Lord!”
Psalm 22:26 The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him...
Psalm 27:4 I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking him in his temple.
Psalm 63:1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
Psalm 70:4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let those who love your salvation continually say, “God is great!”
Psalm 105:4 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
Psalm 119:2 Happy are those who keep his decrees and seek him with all their heart.
Amos 5:4 For the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live! ... 14 Pursue good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord, the God of Armies, will be with you…
Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seekhumility...
Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”
Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded ... 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
1 Chronicles 28:9 If you seek him, he will be found by you!
“… think on these things” (Philippians 4:8, KJV).
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