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Come Close!

Jennifer Creswell

September 18, 2022


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James 4:8 NLT
Come close to God, and God will come close to you…

John 10:10 NIV
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

desires for his children to .

James 4:8 NLT
Come close to God, and God will come close to you…

John 10:10 NIV
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

We can and – seeking is in vain.

Philippians 3:10 NIV
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Jeremiah 29:13-14 NIV
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord…

by spending time in the – the Word transforms, strengthens and renews.

Hebrews 4:12 NIV
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NIV
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

John 8:32 NIV
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

by spending time in : a prayerful life is a powerful life!

Matthew 6:6 NIV
“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”

1 John 5:14-15 NIV
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we asked of him.”

Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

We must daily.


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