1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. Review Principle #1: God is God and We’re Not Principle #2: God’s Transcendence Principle #3: What God Demands, He Supplies Submitting Attending Receiving

4. #4 What You Seek, You find Deuteronomy 4:29 “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul” 1 Chronicles 28:9 “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever” 2 Chronicles 26:5 “He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper”

5. #4 What You Seek, You find Psalms 27:8 “When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ My heart said to You, ‘Your face, LORD, I will seek.’” Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near” Jeremiah 29:11-13 “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”

6. #4 What You Seek, You find Luke 11:9-10 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” 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”

7. #4 What You Seek, You find First Thought Clarifying the Issue 1. Everyone is seeking something 2. There is an easy test to find out what you seek in life The Professor

8. #4 What You Seek, You find First Thought Clarifying the Issue 1. Everyone is seeking something 2. There is an easy test to find out what you seek in life “The Professor knew how to turn banana peels into diesel fuel and he could take algae and make chocolate fudge, but he never got around to fixing that hole in the boat so he could get off the island. Same as me. I spent my life learning to do amazing things that didn’t matter, and I ignored the hole in my boat. And that’s why I’m stuck where I am.”

9. #4 What You Seek, You find First Thought Clarifying the Issue 1. Everyone is seeking something 2. There is an easy test to find out what you seek in life 3. Whatever righteous thing you seek in the spiritual realm you can have it, if you want it badly enough. Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” “Most people are about as happy as they want to be.” - Abraham Lincoln

10. #4 What You Seek, You find Second Thought Removing the Excuses 1. Self-pity Self-pity is the enemy of spiritual growth 2. “I’m trying” “Do or do not. There is no try.” - Master Yoda 3. “I’ll never change” Trying is Lying

11. #4 What You Seek, You find Third Thought Applying the Truth Are you a God-seeking person? Test this application question Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found.” “Seek the Lord while he may be found.”

12. #4 What You Seek, You find Third Thought Applying the Truth 1. Admit your need 2. Cry out to God for help 3. Surround yourself with God-seeking people 4. Wait on the Lord 5. Spend time in fasting

13. #4 What You Seek, You find “Seek God, not happiness.” – Thomas Kempis, “The Imitation of Christ” The paradox of the gospel is that when we truly seek God, we find Him “...there is a ‘God-shaped vacuum’ inside every human heart.” - Pascal Matthew 11:28 ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’ “O God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in you.” - Augustine

14. Prayer of Salvation Heavenly Father, save me from my sins. I believe that Jesus died and shed His blood for me and He rose again so I could live for You. Fill me with your Holy Spirit so I can serve you with all of my heart, fully devoted to you. Thank you for new life; and tonight I give You my life In Jesus' name I pray.

16. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.