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The Pursuit

Explore the beautiful stories of God's pursuit of humanity, from the merchant searching for pearls to the father scanning the horizon for his prodigal son. Discover how to let yourself be found by God and experience His unconditional love.

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The Pursuit

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  1. The Pursuit

  2. A merchant seeking fine pearls Matt 13:45-46 2 Chron 16:9 Eyes running to & fro The Father Seeks John 4:23 A woman’s search for a lost coin Luke 15:8-10 GodPursues A father who scans the horizon for the return of the son Luke 15:20 A shepherd who leaves 99 sheep to seek the one lost Luke 15:4-7 A Father who prepares a Banquet Matt 22:2 Ps 14:2 Scanning the earth from heaven

  3. How am I to let myself to be found by God?

  4. Our Father Rembrandt Van Rijn 1668

  5. Father Henri Nouwen 1932-1996

  6. “For most of my life I have struggled to find God, to know God, to love God. I have tried hard to follow the guidelines of the spiritual life—pray always, work for others, read the Scriptures—and to avoid the many temptations to dissipate myself. I have failed many times but always tried again, even when I was close to despair.

  7. Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me. The question is not “How am I to find God?” but “How am I to let myself be found by him?” The question is not “How am I to know God?” but “How am I to let myself be known by God?” And, finally, the question is not “How am I to love God?” but “How am I to let myself be loved by God?” God is looking into the distance for me, trying to find me, and longing to bring me home.” Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

  8. Nature and Character

  9. Eleven30 God’s Call for Corporate Gatherings

  10. Exodus 34:23-24 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

  11. Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed.

  12. Ex 29:42-43 “For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the LORD. There I will meet you and speak to you; 43 there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.

  13. I will meet with you A divine appointment with the Lord

  14. Heb 10:19-25 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

  15. 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

  16. June 7th to 10th

  17. How am I to let myself to be found by God?

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