Minister Yusuf

Bible Exaltation

Acts 17:27

"God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.”

In Acts 17, Paul gave a sermon to the people in Athens. He said something like, “God doesn’t live in a temple or a little house. He would be confined. He has chosen to live all around the world. God is everywhere.” Why? As Acts 17:27 says, “God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us”. God is close, available, and accessible.

That’s why it’s important to remember three encouraging facts about the closeness of God:

1. God is never too busy for you.

Psalm 145:18 says, “The LORD is near to all who call on him”. He’s never too busy to talk to you. When you want to pray, God is right there, ready to listen. God has no problem processing everyone’s prayer request at the same time because he’s God. He’s always near. He never says, “Call back later.”

2. God loves to meet your needs.

He’s not annoyed by your requests. The Bible teaches, “If you know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:11). Even imperfect parents here on earth like to give their children good gifts. God is perfect, so he’s even better at giving gifts. In fact, he loves to meet your needs.

3. He is sympathetic to your hurts.

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed” (Psalm 34:18). When you hurt, God hurts. When you grieve, God grieves. When you are brokenhearted, crushed, and think you can’t even get out of bed in the morning, God feels for you. You are never closer to God than when you are in pain. He is there. And he cares

God wants to meet your needs because he’s caring, consistent, and close. That is such good news.

HOW TO STAY HUNGRY FOR GOD

Remind yourself how much God loves you.
The more you understand how much God loves you, the more you’re going to love him. The Bible says in Ephesians 3:18-19,

Stop filling up on junk food.
You are a spiritual being with a God-shaped hole in your heart that only God can fill. When you try to fill it with salary, status, success, passion, possessions, power, prestige, or anything other than God, it’s not going to be fulfilling. Proverbs 15:14

Make God your number one goal.
Happiness is a byproduct of knowing God. Jesus says in Matthew 6:33,

Get into God’s Word every day.
The Bible is food for your soul. Eating just one meal a week won’t keep your body healthy. In the same way, you need to feed on God’s Word every day.1 Peter 2:2

Surround yourself with other believers.
If you hang out with people who only care about politics, you’ll care about politics. If you hang out with people who only care about sports, you’ll care about sports. If you hang out with people whose focus is knowing God, that will become your focus too.

When you are angry keep quite. When you talk in anger you always talk in the flesh

People are praying for you but you must pray for yourself

You can't hold unto God and experience shame

Secret destroy marriages... Try and be open to your partner👬

Jesus, the name that is higher than any other name

Never stop praying for God's approval or disapproval over a lady you see and wish to get married to.

What is the Bible definition of the word wife?

1.The wife is to be discrete. Prov 31:10-12
2. The wife is to be chaste. 1Cor 7:1-5
3. The wife is to be the keeper of the home. Genesis 1:26-27
4. The wife is to be a Spiritually minded. (Proverbs 31:10-31, Acts 4:9-12; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15; 1 Peter 2:1-8