August 5, 2012 Ptr Tony Royeca

3. 1. Why seek God’s presence :
A. GOD’s presence is a source of joy.
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.”

4. b. GOD’s presence brings anointing
and power.
Examples: Moses,
Paul & Silas [Acts 16:25-28]]

5. 1. Why Seek God’s Presence :
c. God’s presence brings healing, and
restoration and transformation.
example: The bleeding Woman
[Luke 8:43-48]

6. D. God is happy when we worship Him
and enjoy His presence!
John 4:23-24, Luke 10:39-42( Mary and
Martha)

7. II. How to enter and enjoy God’s Presence:
1. Recognize presence of God.
Acts 17:28, “For in Him we live and move,
and have our being …”

8. II. How to enter and enjoy God’s
Presence:
Psalm 139:7-10, “Where can I go
from Your Spirit, or where can I flee
from Your presence? If I ascend into
heaven You are there; If I make may bed
in hell behold You are there. If I take the
wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost part of the sea, even there
Your hands shall lead me, and Your right
hand shall hold me.”

9. II. How to enter and enjoy God’s Presence:
2. Enter into His presence with boldness
blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 4:16, “Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy and find
grace in time of need.”

10. How to enter and enjoy God’s Presence:
3. Remember what He has done for you.
Psalm 103:2-6, “Bless the Lord, o my soul
and forget not all t His benefits; who
forgives all your iniquities, who heals
all your diseases, who redeems your life
from destruction, who crowns you with
loving kindness and tender mercies, who
satisfies your mouth with good things, so
that your youth is renewed like the eagles.”

11. How to enter and enjoy God’s Presence:
4. Enter into His Presence with
thanksgiving, praise, and adoration!
Psalms 100:4, “Enter into His gates with
thanksgiving and His courts with praise .
Be thankful to Him and bless His name.”
Psalm 95:6, “ O come let us worship and
bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord
our maker, for He is our God, we are the
people of His pasture.”

12. How to enter and enjoy God’s Presence:
5. Be silent as you meditate the beauty of
the Lord, and listen to Him.
Psalm 27: 4, One thing I have desire of
the Lord, that will I seek: That I may
dwell in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life, to behold the beauty of
the Lord and to inquire in His temple.”

13. Conclusion:
Yes it is important to seek and enjoy the
Presence of God because God has created
us to have intimacy with Him!