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  (CLIP) THIRSTING AFTER GOD？
  by Tim Conway
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of not resisting the
Spirit's promptings, urging believers to respond immediately when
feeling led to pray or seek God's Word. It warns against delaying
obedience, using the analogy of missing a precious encounter with the
Savior in the Song of Solomon. The message encourages listeners to train
their ears to hear God's voice amidst life's distractions and prioritize
intimate moments with Him to avoid missing out on spiritual growth and
closeness with God.

Topics: "Obedience to the Spirit", "Intimacy with God"
Scripture References: Psalm 95:7, John 10:27, James 4:8, Matthew 6:33

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of not resisting the Spirit's
promptings, urging believers to respond immediately when feeling led to
pray or seek God's Word. It warns against delaying obedience, using the
analogy of missing a precious encounter with the Savior in the Song of
Solomon. The message encourages listeners to train their ears to hear
God's voice amidst life's distractions and prioritize intimate moments
with Him to avoid missing out on spiritual growth and closeness with
God.

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There are many thirst killers, but one of them is when the Spirit
intensifies that thirst and you resist it. You say, what do you mean?
It's like you feel it. You need to go pray right now.

You need to get in the work. I've got to do this thing over here first.
And then you know what? It's like the Song of Solomon 5. By the time you
get to the door, he's gone.

Don't do that. When he bids you come, go. If you feel Him moving you to
pray, run to the place of prayer.

If you feel Him, go to the Word. Get in the Psalms or wherever it is.
Get in the Gospels.

Don't resist it. You say, well, what if I've got to take care of my
children? What if I'm in the office? Look, he obviously understands
those things. But I'm saying this, you know this full well.

How often would we have to hang our heads in shame at the times we did
feel some bidding, some burden, and like a cold glass of water working
the opposite way, we poured it on the fire. That's one thing you don't
want to do with water is you're thinking about what it portrays. Water
can also be a fire quencher.

Brethren, train your ear. Because that Song of Solomon, there's reality.
Come, my love, my dove, come away.

Your Savior calls you to that if you've got an ear to hear. And
sometimes we've got so much noise, or His voice even penetrates the
noise, but we're distracted by the cares and the concerns. We mean to
get there, and we do.

But you know what? The preciousness we would have had and the increase
of thirst that would have attended our lives, it's gone. And we get to
the door. Where's my Beloved? He's not there.

And now I have to spend a lot of time looking for Him. You can think
this graphic, but that picture, He was wanting to make love to your
soul. And your feet were dirty, and you were already in bed.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/wSmRE3x17Nc.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/tim-conway/clip-thirsting-after-god/
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