Finding God

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

As I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky. — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; neither his ear heavy, that it can’t hear: — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — read the full passage →

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — read the full passage →

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. — read the full passage →

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.