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fear

PURSUIT

fearconcern

PURSUIT

fearconcern

anxiety

PURSUIT

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money

PURSUIT

fearconcern

anxiety

money

blessing

PURSUIT

fearconcern

anxiety

money

blessing

prosperity

PURSUIT

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blessing

prosperityunknown

PURSUIT

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exam

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blessing

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pressure

PURSUIT

fearconcern

anxiety

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blessing

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PURSUIT

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blessing

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weight loss

PURSUIT

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blessing

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marriage

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parenting

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terrorism

PURSUIT

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PRESENCEEx 33:14, My Presence will go with you,

and I will give you REST

Duet 437Because he loved your ancestors and

chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence

and his great strength

3 angles to the Presence of God • Omnipresence

3 angles to the Presence of God • Omnipresence • Manifested Presence

3 angles to the Presence of God • Omnipresence • Manifested Presence • Felt personalize Presence

3 words to capture Presence:• Pursuit

3 words to capture Presence:• Pursuit • Promises

3 words to capture Presence:• Pursuit • Promises • Practice

PURSUIT:

Desire

A God given faculty to push us towards something, to long for, to crave for, an appetite

PURSUIT:Ps 42 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?3 My tears have been my food day and night,while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

PURSUIT:Ps 42 4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul:how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty Onewith shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.

PURSUIT:Ps 42 5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

PURSUIT:Ps 42 6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember youfrom the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

PURSUIT:Ps 42 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

PURSUIT:Ps 42 •David in the wilderness, pursued by Absalom

PURSUIT:Ps 42 •David in the wilderness, pursued by Absalom

•In the midst of life most hard places, he found a desire for God

David relationship with the Presence of God •Mt Sinai – the blue print of Tabernacle of Moses

David relationship with the Presence of God •The Shiloh incident

David’s love for God’s Presence •His preparation to welcome back the Ark of the Covenant

David’s love for God’s Presence •His preparation to welcome back the Ark of the Covenant

•Tabernacle of David – 24 hours of worship

– Korahites

David’s love for God’s Presence •The way Psalms were written

Psalm 9:3, When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

Psalm 16:11, You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 21:6, For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.

David’s love for God’s Presence •The way Psalms were written

Psalm 68:2, As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Psalm 91:1, [ Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God ] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 95:2, Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

How does David pursue God?•The pursuit of God increases when one is thirsty

How does David pursue God?•The pursuit of God increases when one is thirsty

•The pursuit of God increases when one does it corporately

How does David pursue God?•The pursuit of God increases when one is thirsty

•The pursuit of God increases when one does it corporately

•The pursuit of God increases when one is in a hard place