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The Power of Seeking the Lord 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about seeking the Lord, just really seeking the Lord. And you know that word seek, you know, I always love1:08 seeing what it means from Hebrew and ancient Greek and all of that and it means to beat a path. You know, isn't that cool? Like seek him so earnestly in the word that you're just1:20 beating a path in your Bible, that you've got that whole thing outlined, that you are just you are praising and praying and beating a path to hear from God and to seek his presence.1:32 And I just love that that's what that word actually means. Like, just to beat a path to him.1:37 And the Lord recently, back during Chris the Christmas holidays, I felt you know how sometimes the Lord will, like, really drop a word in your spirit? I I just, like,1:48 almost could hear him say, seek me. You know, just like it was piercing like a brand, like you have to seek me. And so, and then you start hearing every2:00 every message is about seeking the Lord. When you open the Bible, it's a story about seeking the Lord, and, I I just love how the Lord operates and how when he wants you to2:11 understand something new, that's how he begins to work. And Yeah. I I love this story. It's it's sort of a it's a wonderful story, and it's also a little bit scary, I have to tell you, because it2:23 ends in leprosy. So but but it does. But it goes from, I King Uzziah. Spoiler alert. Spoiler alert. Sorry.2:35 Sorry. I let that cat out of the bag too soon. But, Uzziah, king Uzziah, he was in second Chronicles 26 if you open your Bible,2:48 and it just talks about how he sought the lord. I mean, he just really sought the lord. And and, of course, once again,3:00 they're at war. Imagine that. They're surrounded by the enemy. Isn't that the way it goes? It it it truly is.3:07 But really, we are always surrounded by the enemy too. It's an it's an enemy we cannot see. We're always dealing with principalities, So we need this. It's every bit as relevant. It is. It's every bit3:17 as relevant. Like like the bible says, our our our our we're constantly surrounded by warfare. Yeah. You know, our battle is not against flesh and blood. It's against principalities3:29 and rulers and wickedness in high places, and and and we know there is a heavenly host that is, you know, the Bible calls the Lord the captain of the host.3:41 Mhmm. So he's in charge of the battle. Right? Yes. And so we're not good.3:46 Never tell us or King Uzziah to seek him if he couldn't be found. Right. You know, he wants us to find that place with him.3:54 Right. So to start off with, Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king. That's probably in in the midst of your teen years. Teen teenagers are new to4:06 this civilization, really, you know, because they didn't go through that whole rebellious stage back then. They would have killed them. They would have they would have probably stoned them to death, right, back then? But4:17 but he wasn't he was 16 years old when he became king, and the Bible says, and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father4:29 Amaziah had done. He sought God in this in the days of Zechariah who had understanding in the visions of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God4:41 made him prosper. If you have been thinking, I can't ever get a leg up. I can't ever get ahead. Do you have you ever thought that? Or it's just like 1 step4:52 forward, 10 steps back, or you know, whatever it is that you keep going around that same mountain, this is how you go north into the promised land5:04 you seek.5:05 Right? Well, the Bible says God rewards those. He rewards those who diligently and earnestly seek after him, and that is in Hebrews 11. And, you know,5:17 that's the thing. There's a reward for that because God honors that you want to seek a time to be with him and seek his presence and seek his face and seek his word5:29 and he honors that. So there's always gonna be a reward for that because you cannot read the word of God and apply it to your life and not be blessed by it.5:41 So the rewards are are gonna almost absolutely come to you because you're reading and obeying and following the instruction book and the promises of God. So when you5:53 know those things and you follow it and live it out, how can you not be blessed? That's that's the thing. So there's there's a reward for seeking after him. Only God would would allow you6:05 to be rewarded just for spending time with him. It doesn't even seem right. It's like, you know, you would just we just want, like, our families and our kids to spend time with us and not because they're gonna get some6:16 reward out of it, but it's almost it's it's like a it's like a a a a benefactor that comes your way just because he is who he is, that he wants us blessed. It's6:28 it's, you know, it's not why we seek him, but you can't help but being blessed when you are seeking that presence of God. It's so amazing to me.6:36 Well, and it says, bless the Lord and forget not his benefits. And it says, if you go now it when you're seeking the Lord, you know, yes, you might go to church, be at6:48 be at the church when the doors are open. Find a revival to go to where the the word of God is gonna be solidly taught, where the power of the Holy Spirit will fall. These are ways to seek the6:59 Lord, but to me, the best way to seek the Lord is in the seeker place. Meaning nobody's looking, it's not glamorous, you've shut the door, you are sitting there and you are7:11 saying to God, what do you want me to do? How can I bless you today? Where you go before the Lord as a priest, as a minister of God. The Bible says7:23 you are a priest. It says you are a a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. We can we can vouch for that. Right? We're peculiar,7:35 but but you go before the Lord and you and you minister to him and you seek him with your whole heart. And, you know, I mean, we said this before. When you go before7:47 the Lord, you don't always feel it at first. You shut the door by faith. Yeah. You know? Nobody's looking, and it's just you and God. And and then you just begin to seek the Lord. I I think it's best if you put some7:59 praise music on, if you begin to thank the Lord, praise the Lord, bless the Lord, be in awe of God like we talked about on a a a broadcast recently, and and8:10 let me just say, he will give you an exact strategy if you will listen long enough. Yeah. What he did for Noah, he will do for you, which if you ever read the the description8:22 of how to build the ark, He heard from God. He sought the Lord, he heard from God, he he ended up in a boat when the whole world was lost.8:32 A humongous ark, which made no sense. Think about everybody, what they said, and how they dismissed him, but we are gonna talk more about seeking the Lord when we come right back. Stay with us. You're8:43 watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.8:46 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.8:58 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the9:09 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging9:21 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 6315 B FM 14 88 Road,9:33 number 122, Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.9:45 Give now.9:48 Welcome back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. We're talking all about seeking the Lord, and 1 of the best ways, of course, is in prayer. And when we seek him, we will always find him,10:01 and that is a promise. That's his word. And, you know, so sometimes like I'll just get in my car and of course I always have a Christian radio station on in my car, but sometimes I just think, nope, don't even wanna hear10:11 that today. I just will be in my car, nobody's around and just wherever I'm going just start talking to the Lord or start praying in the spirit and just start praising him and saying, you know, and then10:23 1 by 1, I'll just go, you know, talk to him about my kids or about the issues or whatever we need or whatever's going on and I just give it to him, you know, he's your best friend and you know,10:35 how can you have a relationship with anybody? How can you have a relationship with your spouse, your children, your friends if you don't communicate with them, if you don't talk to them, if you don't speak to them, but10:46 also listen. You know, it's a 2 sided street. So when you are praying and when you are praising and seeking the Lord, always just pause in the stillness and in the quietness and10:58 and don't be so distracted, don't be on to the next thing, don't think I ran through my prayer checklist, I said all these prayers and now I'm off to my day. Sit there in the quiet and sit there in the time11:10 alone and just see what pops in your heart. And sometimes it's helpful to even just have a notebook because, you know, see what notion pops up. And most of the time, you're gonna look at those or look what you've written11:22 down, and it's gonna be something you needed to hear. Maybe you're gonna pop, like a scripture will come in your mind that you need to look up and it'll be something you so needed to read that day. But there's the11:32 scripture that says, seek the Lord while he may be found, and call upon him while he is near. And I love that because it's 1 of those times in the bible where something is said twice11:45 in a little bit of a different words but in the same scripture. And every time something is written basically twice or even 3 times, you need to pay attention to that. And what does that mean while he may be found and11:57 why he is near? Because, you know, if we're not gonna key in to hearing from the Lord, you know, it's his voice is gonna drift farther and farther away. Because if you are not spending time with the12:08 Lord, all of a sudden you're just not gonna your relationship is gonna diminish like any other relationship that you ignore in life. And so while he's there, while he's trying to12:20 get your attention, while he wants to be found by you, you need to spend that time with him. That that just kind of arrests me, that that while he may be what does that mean12:32 actually? You know, while he's while he's near and while he may be found. And so, you know, that makes me have pause and know, he's not always, he's12:44 not a pushy God. He's not always just gonna get in your face about things. He wants you to pursue him and that's why we are12:52 to seek him. Right. And, you know, like the Bible says, seek the Lord while he may be found, and it talks about there's an urgency.13:03 Mhmm.13:03 It says today,13:05 if you13:05 hear his voice, do not harden your heart. You think, well, I'll do that later. I'll do that when I'm older. I will put that off. The Bible says, do not13:17 harden your voice as they as they did in the days of Meribah where they were griping and complaining and they hardened their heart towards the Lord because that caused them to be stuck for life. They13:29 did not move forward the way that they were supposed to move forward. So, you know, when you seek the Lord, you are granted prosperity and success, and going back to,13:41 our our King Uzziah, he as long as he sought the Lord, the Bible says even though he was young, he was he was wise enough and old enough to seek the Lord. So13:53 never let your age tell whether you can Yeah. Tell you what you can do, whether you're young or whether you're old. There's no age on doing the will and the work the work of God, but it14:04 says as as long as Uzziah sought the Lord, it says he went to war against the Philistines, they broke down the walls. His team won, right? Go14:16 Uzziah. Then it was they built towers. They also had a well trained army. God gave Uzziah inventive ideas, they had new war14:28 equipment, you know He they invented things. They had the latest, greatest. Do you know who thought of that? Uzziah. And you know why? Because he sought the Lord, and then it14:40 goes on. I mean he just has all this success. Under their command was an army of over 300000 men, and and they had this great, you know, they had shields and14:52 spears, they were blessed, they had towers, they had just amazing success, but, and here's the but, but after Uzziah15:04 became powerful his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God. He stopped seeking the Lord, and15:16 then he tried to get in a place where he was like casual and overly familiar with the Lord. He's like I have all this experience with the Lord. He stopped seeking the Lord, and the Bible says that he15:28 walked in and he began to burn incense on the altar of the Lord, and he was not a priest. He was the king, and there was a difference, and he was very15:39 nonchalant about it. He was too familiar with God. He thought he had it all.15:45 He had a formula.15:48 He had a formula, and I think a lot of times in Christianity we get this formula. You know we go to church, we go to Sunday school, we do all these things, yeah we have all of our boxes that we check, and then we15:59 get too familiar with with the whole thing, and and the Bible says that the priest warned him and he wouldn't listen, and he was stricken with leprosy. And and that's to me16:12 the difference between, you know, when you're humble. The Bible says humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, and and the Lord will reward you. He rewarded you, Ziah, as long as he sought16:24 him, but at the minute he thought he could do it, it was over.16:27 Well, pride comes before a fall and haughtiness before destruction, and and that's no joke because here's the deal. All that comes with seeking the Lord and the power and the presence of the Lord, and that16:39 means his hand of protection, that means his blessing, that means everything that you could possibly need because that's what God says. His answers are yes and amen. His promises are there for you. But when16:51 you don't have that when you're walking outside of that covering because you're you're walking in pride or sin or haughtiness, then what you know, a leprosy became17:03 a disease that that he17:05 It was suffering immediately.17:06 Yeah. Because he was outside of the protection of God because he had gotten, you know, to rely on himself and and, you know, pride, again, is going to always come before a17:18 fall. And so when you that's why you, you know, you think it is never me. You know, people will say to us things about, oh, you're and it's like, nope. It's, you know, the show was so it's glory to God. It's got17:30 nothing to do with me. I am you know, I don't even know why he picked me because, you know, I could come up with a whole bunch of people that I know could do a better job, but I think we do I know that you do and I know,17:42 you know, we are so hungry for the Lord and to hear from the Lord and I just we we just I I always wanna please him. 1 of the biggest problems I ever think about is the scripture that,17:54 you know, we don't wanna grieve the Holy Spirit, and we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there.18:00 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus, and that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ. When18:12 you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the overlooked,18:24 we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging on to18:35 nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 6315 b FM 14 88 road number18:47 122 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.18:59 Give now.19:02 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina M. Michelle, and we are talking about seeking the Lord. And I was just mentioning that 1 of the, scriptures that talks about do not grieve the Holy Spirit and that19:14 just it it it's like almost breaks my heart and I I think about all that he's done for us and the fact that we would hurt him or grieve him and so what are some of those ways? It's like when we're when we're19:25 complaining and grumbling and fault finding or or or just, you know, getting so full of ourselves. And so 1 of the things I like to say when I pray is, Lord, empty me of me, of all the19:37 things that I'm wrong or thinking, wrongful, everything, and fill me up with you. I don't want anything. I don't want there to be 1 room, 1 speck of room left for all the19:49 chaos and the craziness of the world or the things I've allowed in or the things I'm upset about or mad about or all those things that get in there and then you start agreeing with all of that with what the world is20:01 doing and what the devil's doing and all the evil and all the and the offenses and when you start walking down those paths, it's like you it's like I can feel it. I can feel it at that, like I don't20:13 want this, I don't wanna be this way and it's like sometimes it's like I'll even get in a conversation with my husband and I'll start, I'll complain about something that that's gone on or a fence I have20:25 and then I'll say, Lord, just just take this from me. I don't I I forgive that person and, you know, we have to just so be watchful of what we allow and it's like I I I always say, I I20:36 preach the gospel. I don't wanna be a hypocrite a hypocrite in any way. So show me every day, show me where I need to be closer to you, what I'm doing wrong. Pull this out of me. Create me a clean heart, oh Lord. And so20:48 a lot of those are the things that you can pray while you're seeking the Lord. Yes. And it's so important. And I love20:55 the the latter part of that scripture, create in me a clean heart, oh God, and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. Yes. Because you know, you can go and you could say, yeah, I'm gonna21:07 seek the Lord, and you feel God, and you're having 1 of those days where you know you just feel like you know you're just right with the Lord everything's good, and then you know something21:19 happens.21:20 Car cuts21:20 you off21:20 in traffic.21:22 Something happens, and you know you need that the last part of that scripture which is grant me a willing spirit to sustain me.21:31 Mhmm. Right? Yeah.21:33 We have to realize that all good things come from seeking the Lord. That it says seek first the kingdom of heaven21:44 and then all things will come unto you. That is amazing. All things, not some things, it says all things. What have you been praying about? All of21:56 that that you have been praying about will come to you if you will seek the Lord first, and I don't care how much you nag people to change them. If you will go before22:08 the Lord, and I have shared this testimony before, but I remember, I wanted something to happen with someone, and I kept on and on and on22:20 nagging. I just thought, you know, it was the Holy Spirit in me. You know, we were gonna nag it until it happened. And let me just say that I went it was a22:32 Wednesday night. We had a praise and worship service, and I got before the Lord, and I wasn't really feeling it because I was really worried about this person changing. I was really concerned about them changing more22:42 than me. And so, you know, does that ever happen? Oh, yeah. And so so anyway I go before the Lord, I'm thanking Him, I'm praising Him, and I just lose myself in just the awe and22:54 reverence of God, and He begins to show me like I'm pushing a towel down this person's throat. Now you23:01 can't do that. That's impossible. That would be horrible.23:02 He said, I've got this. They're would be horrible. He said, I've got this. They're going to stop. You just need to stop talking about it. I'm going to take care of it. But it was when23:13 I sought the Lord, not about things, but I sought Him for who he was that I got my answer to prayer.23:21 Yeah. Because so many times, you know, where where that's never you're beating a dead horse, you know, on a lot of those things and then, you know, you're you have 0 ability to change anybody. We can't change23:33 ourselves. You know, it's like, behold, we are a new creation in Christ. It's only him that if you, you know, you give it to him. He can change you. He can change your heart. He can change those around you. He can change23:44 what you knew, but also lead by an example. You know, it's like that's the thing. You know, when we humble ourselves and seek the Lord and seek his face in all things, you know, what won't he do for you?23:56 He's our father. He wants to give us the keys to the kingdom, and that's the scripture. And so when we are he knows our hearts. He knows if you mean it or not. He knows how you really feel and how24:08 you really are about these things. He wants it all. And, you know, so many of the the times, us trying to choke it all down and keep it all in is what manifests in worry and anxiety and fear, and24:20 none of those things are from the Lord. So we're gonna pray about this, Michelle.24:24 Amen. Amen. Lord. And and we're gonna pray that the Lord himself will will give you that desire to follow hard after him. That early in the morning, you will rise up and seek24:36 him. Late at night, as you're as you're thinking about the Lord, as you're lying in and and putting your head on that pillow, lying down, you're thinking about the Lord. You're seeking the24:48 Lord. Yes. So, father, we thank you right now that you're gonna give us a heart that will follow hard after you, That God that that that you will be well pleased in our seeking,25:00 that we will hear your voice, you will give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to receive as we seek you, Lord, with all of our hearts. We pray, Father, that, if if25:12 anyone is not saved that they will make you, Lord, right now, just call out to Jesus and say, Jesus be my Lord. I believe that you died on the cross, that you rose from the dead, and I turn from my sins,25:24 and and and I make you Lord of my life, and we just and I will seek you all the days of my life, and grant us all a willing spirit to sustain us, Lord. In Jesus mighty name25:36 we pray. Amen.25:38 Amen. Well, we are so grateful that you are here with us on the broadcast today. And if you wanna watch more of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, we all of our past episodes are on YouTube25:50 or through our website, which is naina and michelle dot com. You can follow us on social media. We have daily devotions filled with the word of God. We have a couple of books available too that are,26:01 100 days with God, 1 and 2. You can get those wherever books are sold, and they will all help you seek the Lord, find that place with him, get in the word of God. His promises are true for you. So stick around26:13 to go on and hear this wonderful message from our dear friend, Daryl Youngblood. He has got a powerful ministry. We love you guys and God bless you. Does science disprove God? Is there a26:25 war between science and faith?26:27 We don't need God to create a universe. There's no evidence for God and it's irrational. Is there no evidence for God? Am I delusional for my beliefs? It is delusional and stupid. Am I brainwashed? Do I26:38 ignore reason?26:39 Logic. 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