{"id":23634,"date":"2014-12-28T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23634"},"modified":"2014-12-28T00:06:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:06:22","slug":"2014-seeking-lord-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/28\/2014-seeking-lord-found\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 \u2013 Seeking The Lord Where He Is Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13840\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\" alt=\"SeekingHimLogo\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness<br \/>\nand all these things shall be added unto you.<br \/>\nMatthew 6:33<\/h4>\n<p>When we came to the 31st December 2013 and as we were going into 2014, the Word of God that was very vivid to me was Matthew 6:33. \u00a0I studied it and meditated on it&#8230;and, yes, I got revelation. \u00a0Since then the year 2014 has been a year where \u201c<em>all things were added to me<\/em>\u201d and I am so thankful to my God for everything in the year 2014.<\/p>\n<p>God has been so faithful, loving, and kind to me and my family, friends, and relatives. Indeed in every family or clan God raises someone to stand as a pillar for all. \u00a0I can testify today that I am one of the pillars God created in our family; and, yes, it is good to stand in awe of God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is good to give thanks to the Lord,<br \/>\nto sing praises to Your name, O Most High;<br \/>\nTo declare Your steadfast love in the morning,<br \/>\nand Your faithfulness by night,<br \/>\nPsalms 92:1-2<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the year while reading the devotions that my GCH sisters have written as well as other men and women of God I interact with and also the Word of God spoken through my Pastors it has always encouraged me. And shown me that <strong>only<\/strong> by seeking the Kingdom of God that all things shall be added unto me.<\/p>\n<p>And I choose to study the Word more and meditate on it and let the Word speak to me first before preaching to others. \u00a0I have seen the hand of God and I can testify that despite the hardships\/adversary I faced this past year in one area or another, God remains Almighty God to me, and His lovingkindness and faithfulness never ceases.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time I was at zero in faith when I failed my exams in June, and some other hard times in my social life. \u00a0Yet God still spoke to me through your devotions, my sisters, and through a few friends in my own country. \u00a0My faith was lifted up again! What a wonderful group of women and men of God I am connected to! \u00a0God handled everything in His perfect ways and He is able to do what He says He will do. \u00a0God is awesome.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hesssg5PQHo?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><center>He&#8217;s Able ~ Deitrick Haddon<\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lord, I thank You for Your lovingkindness and your faithfulness at all times. Be praised and glorified for taking me through the ups and downs of this life for Your names\u2019 sake. I am what I am today because of Your love. Thanks for the precious gift of Jesus to my life. He saved me and my loved ones and my friends. I am called Your child, Lord, for I accepted Jesus as my Lord and my Savior. Be glorified and exalted in all the earth, Lord. In Jesus\u2019 name I pray. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. 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