Tony OConnor_Draw Near

Drawing Near

Psalm 73:28 ESV

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

( ESV) For me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge that I may tell of all your works.”

James 4:8 ESV

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:8 NIV

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

) “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…”

Hebrews 7:19 ESV

(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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Next Steppin’

Next Steppin’

What God is calling you to make better, you need to measure.

Revelation 22:13 NIV

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

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Philippians 1:6 ESV

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

() “…that He who began a good work in you would perform it until the day of completion.”

Create an awakening process of what you believe.

Titus 1:9 NASB95

holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.

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1 Peter 2:2–3 NIV

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

( NIV) “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

Luke 11:34 NKJV

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

( KJV) “The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body is full of darkness.”

Write out your future – if you know better you will do better .

() “…that He who began a good work in you would perform it until the day of completion.”

Philippians 1:6 NIV

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:10 NIV

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Consider commitment over contribution.

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Luke 21:1–4 NIV

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Take Away

One of the greatest and most important results of drawing near to God is that He promises to draw near to you.