Sept 18 2026 … Seek God First

Sept 18 2026 …  Seek God First 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Lauren Daigle singing … First … calling on for Christians to seek God’s way and His will FIRST. 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 6:33  [NIV]

…   33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.     

… Jesus teaches that God will provide the needs of those who seek God’s way before their (our) own.   

Highlight Passage: …  Matthew 6:25-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                  

… Jesus, in His “sermon on the mount” teaches that believers in The Lord should seek His way first.  

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Reference Passage: …  1Chronicles 16:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… King David sings praise to God, calling on God’s faithful to follow The Lord.

Reference Passage: …  2Chronicles 7:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Lord appears to Solomon, calling on God’s people to humble themselves, confess, repent, and seek The Lord above their own needs for God to heal their land.

Reference Passage: Psalms 14:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                       

… King David sings of God watching over man for those who seek after Him and His ways.  

Reference Passage: Proverbs 8:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches that those who seek after God will find Him.

Reference Passage: Isaiah 55:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… God’s Prophet, Isaiah, calls on God’s people to seek after the Lord while they can. 

Reference Passage: …  Jeremiah 29:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… God, thru Jeremiah, calls on His chosen and faithful to seek after the ways of the Lord, promising that they (we) will find Him.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Elisa Morgan …  USE THIS LINK    related a story about  here grandson sleeping over in her new home, where the boy felt uneasy about sleeping alone in a new bed. So, the ODB author got a roll of wrapping tape and connected the tape from his bed to hers,  showing her grandson that he could find his grandma anytime he needed to seek her.    

And the clever ploy nicely illustrates all that is shared in today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and all the Scriptures shared above.    My challenge is to realize and trust that God will indeed provide my needs when I do my utmost to seek Him and His ways. That’s my prayer today from Psalms 19:14, 63:1, and 139:23-24.  Are you with me? 

<b><u>My Thanksgiving:</b></u> … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for providing for my needs when I seek Your ways above my own.

<b><u>My Prayer Today</u>:</b> Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … AGAIN … for ALWAYS being there when we come to You for help.  … Amen

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