Today, January 23rd, starts “Seek Week” here at South Whidbey Assembly of God. I want to encourage each of you to take time out this week to spend time with God. We have provided a simple “Seek Week” guide/handout for you. You can use the guide/handout if you want to, or recycle it. It is not meant to be ‘The Guide’ but a tool to help you if you want it.
A number of us have been praying that Seek Week will be a time of blessing in your journey with Jesus. I personally have been praying for those of you that may be in a difficult season or a time where it seems like God has been silent or distant. I believe that the Holy Spirit wants to use this week to speak to you and bring about some new growth in your life.
When someone is going through a season marked by what seems to be silence and distance on God’s part, a common reaction is to avoid seeking God so that they are not reminded of God’s silence or distance and avoiding disappointment that has characterized recent history.
God’s Word promises that when we “draw near to Him, He will draw near to us.” If you are someone who has been avoiding seeking God because your recent experience has been silence and distance, I want to encourage you to ‘by faith’ to spend time this week seeking Him.
We are expecting some great things to happen in people’s lives this week – if something happens that you would be comfortable sharing, would you share it with us? You could write it in a note and mail it or put it in the offering bag next Sunday. You could send the story to us via email. You could check the church’s Facebook page and share your story there.
We want to be able to share what God is doing with the church family.
Seek Week is not just for adults but for the whole family. It is for children, teens and adults. Could you encourage your children by reading and praying with them? Could you encourage your teen to spend some extra time ‘seeking?’ I want to encourage you to be creative as you seek Jesus.
No comments:
Post a Comment