{"id":16373,"date":"2023-11-14T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=16373"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:39:42","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-11-14-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-11-14-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 11-14-23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James 4:8 (NKJV)8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<\/p>\n

Thinking that we don’t need God will put distance between us and Him.<\/p>\n

The more we know we need Him, and the more we want Him to be a part of our lives, the closer He will get to us.<\/p>\n

There was a season in my life where I had been praying and praying for certain things to take place. Then one day, (well it seemed like one day for me, though I’m sure it was much more), I felt like God answered a lot of what I had been praying for over the years.<\/p>\n

It required me taking certain steps to get there but, by golly, He got me there!<\/p>\n

He came in and made everything work out beautifully.<\/p>\n

God can do that, and He will if we follow His leading!<\/p>\n

So, now that everything was different and He had answered all those prayers and all those concerns I’d had, I allowed myself to kind of fall into cruise control mode.<\/p>\n

I stopped asking God for answers to my prayers.<\/p>\n

After a while of being in cruise mode, something about it began to bother me.<\/p>\n

I kept praying and asking God, “where are you? Things feel different. Our time together felt different and I wanted what we had before”.<\/p>\n

I was longing for Him.<\/p>\n

I prayed and prayed and kept seeking Him and asking Him, “what is going on?” Did I do something? I want things the way they were with us”.<\/p>\n

Time went by and I truly didn’t know why things had changed. He seemed quiet.<\/p>\n

Then one day the truth hit me when God asked me, “do you still need Me?”.<\/p>\n

I said, “Yes, Lord!”.<\/p>\n

And He said, “why aren’t you asking me for help?”.<\/p>\n

And my response was very simple and yet it was so eye-opening for me; “I thought that because you took care of all that I was asking for, and now I need to take care of myself with the provision you gave me”.<\/p>\n

He said, I will always be there for you. And wherever you are, it’s you who needs to draw in and ask Me again.<\/p>\n

It was a total misunderstanding on my part for sure.<\/p>\n

You see, we need to need Him.<\/p>\n

Just simply need Him.<\/p>\n

If we want Him to draw close to us, we need to draw close to Him.<\/p>\n

What is it today for you? What is it that you need Him to be there for?<\/p>\n

For me, it was His presence that I longed for.<\/p>\n

Don’t think you can’t ask Him just for His presence. He loves us and wants us to want Him more than anything.<\/p>\n

He wants us to lean on Him. He wants us to walk out our entire life wanting, needing and leaning on Him!<\/p>\n

Why does He feel so far away at times?<\/p>\n

Because we have forgotten our first Love and are not leaning on Him the way we should.<\/p>\n

Draw close to Him today. Trust Him. He will draw near and help us in any way we need Him to.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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