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October 16, 2016
From the Desk of Steve Shultz:
 It really is a time to "seek the Lord" as Kim Potter shares from her recent article. Our nation and the nations of the earth need OUR PRAYERS.
There are so many opinions and news reports coming at us...and it's during shaking times like this, more than ever...let's heed to the voice of the Lord over important matters.
Read this word by Kim Potter and let it help you to SEEK HIS FACE in this very important time. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List go here.)
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Enjoy!
Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher
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A Call to Seek His Face
No matter where we look today we hear people saying that it is the time to seek God through prayer. Many people across the nation are hearing the same call.
As I was thinking about the many people who are feeling like "it is time to seek God through prayer," my mind went to the Word of God concerning prayer; and I heard a Scripture arise in my spirit. It is found in 2 Chronicles and is very familiar to those who pray.
"If My people who are called by My name will 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 heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
Desiring His Presence
It is certainly a time of calling upon the name of the Lord and praying but we don't want to forget the rest of the Scripture...it is also a time to seek His face. Prayer is powerful...there is no doubt about it. There is also a power that is beyond anything we can imagine when that same prayer comes from a place of intimacy with God – a place of seeking His face and not simply His hand.
To seek means to desire, to seek to secure oneself to, and to require (see definition in Strong's Concordance here). The word "face" in this Scripture means to seek His presence, to turn toward Him, and to make a clear path to God (see definition in Strong's Concordance here).
We are to desire God, to secure ourselves to Him. We are to desire His presence, to turn toward Him and to remove anything that would stop us from being in His presence. That is what God means by seeking His face.
I understand it is easy to pray a short prayer and go about your day. Often, it is much more difficult to pray from a place of seeking God and seeking His face. The latter takes time, it takes focus and it takes setting your own agenda aside and surrendering entirely to God alone; but when you do this, the reward is great. It will take putting God and His presence first – before work, family, ministry and anything else that may demand your attention. God is calling His people not only to prayer, but to Himself. Can you sense His desire for time with you?
"Thy Face Lord, I Will Seek."
God is calling His people to seek His face like never before. That is a good thing – times of intimacy are always followed by conception and then birth.
I am excited about the times we are in! God is calling me, personally, into a closer relationship with Him as well. I know that times of intense prayer are followed by times of intense victory. I fully understand what follows times of intimacy with God and I am excited.
In Psalm 27:8 David said, "When You said, 'Seek My face' my heart said, 'Thy face, Lord, I will seek.'"
God is saying to you, "Seek My face." What is your response? Is it like David's? Are you saying, "Thy face God, I will seek." Or are you saying, "When I get caught up at work, or when things slow down a bit..."? The time is NOW and by next month "this time" may have passed. Seek Him now, while He can be found, as the Scripture says (Isaiah 55:6).
It is an appointed time to seek His face; and if it is an appointed time for seeking Him, He will come to you and His reward will be with Him. Wherever His presence is, healing is. Wherever His presence is, restoration is. Wherever His presence is, peace is. Wherever His presence is, prosperity is.
We WILL See the Goodness of God
Psalm 27 doesn't end with seeking God's face, it ends with my favorite Scripture, "I would have lost heart if I had not believed I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13
Seeing the goodness of God – here, in our life – is the fruit of intimacy with God; it is part of the reward. Seek Him now. Seek His face and see His Goodness.
Prayer for today: Father, I pray for the readers today and I ask You that each one would renew a commitment to seek Your face daily, once again. Your presence brings all that we need. Give each of us a revelation of this truth and seal it in our hearts. In Jesus' Name. AMEN. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List go here.)
Kim Potter
A New Thing Ministries
Email: kpotter@anewthingministries.com
Website: www.anewthingministries.com
In 2005 Kim Potter founded A New Thing Ministries which reaches thousands of readers daily. In addition, Kim speaks at conferences and meetings nationwide. She currently is published often on the Elijah List, as well as her website www.anewthingministries.com, and social media. Kim's message is a message of hope, and she speaks to the heart of those who have become discouraged and disappointed by the circumstances they face in life, imparting to them the desire and ability to stand against all odds and see themselves as victorious and able to overcome every obstacle through God. Nothing is more precious to her than the times she spends in the secret place with her God; from this place of oneness with Him, her anointing flows. Kim has witnessed God's dramatic healing power, both in her own life as well as with her daughter and many others.
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