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FOR DIFFERENT
PEOPLE
Grande Finale
…I Don’t Feel It
But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my
prayer comes before you.
14 O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why
do you hide your face from me?
(Ps. 88:13-14 ESV)
I may not feel God’s presence
because…
1. I’m expecting too much
John 6:30-31
So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do,
that we may see and believe you? What work do
you perform?
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as
it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.'"
I may not feel God’s presence
because…
2. My heart may be hardened
Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart has grown dull, and with
their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes
they have closed, lest they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears and understand
with their heart and turn, and I would heal
them.
you will seek the LORD your God and you will
find him, if you search after him with all your
heart and with all your soul.
(Deut. 4:29 ESV)
I love those who love me, and those who seek
me diligently find me.
(Prov. 8:17 ESV)
You will seek me and find me, when you seek
me with all your heart.
(Jer. 29:13 ESV)
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you
will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one
who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it
will be opened.
(Matt. 7:7-8 ESV)
I may not feel God’s presence
because…
3. God is drawing me closer
Acts 17:26-27
And he made from one man every nation of
mankind to live on all the face of the earth,
having determined allotted periods and the
boundaries of their dwelling place,
that they should seek God, and perhaps feel
their way toward him and find him. Yet he is
actually not far from each one of us…
What's more important
(and biblical)
for me is...
Seeking God with all my heart
180121-Sermon-I-Dont-Feel-It-I-Want-To-Believe-But.pptx

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  • 1.
  • 4. But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? (Ps. 88:13-14 ESV)
  • 5. I may not feel God’s presence because… 1. I’m expecting too much
  • 6. John 6:30-31 So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. I may not feel God’s presence because… 2. My heart may be hardened
  • 10. Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.
  • 11. you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deut. 4:29 ESV)
  • 12. I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. (Prov. 8:17 ESV)
  • 13. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:13 ESV)
  • 14. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Matt. 7:7-8 ESV)
  • 15. I may not feel God’s presence because… 3. God is drawing me closer
  • 16. Acts 17:26-27 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us…
  • 17. What's more important (and biblical) for me is... Seeking God with all my heart