WHERE IS GOD?

"Where can I go from Your spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to heaven, You're there. If I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn and if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me and will hold me fast." Psalm 139:7

"I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?" Jeremiah 23:24
"He is not far from us for in Him we live and move and have our being."Acts 17:28

4 COMMON EXPERIENCES:

WHEN I'M LONELY, GOD IS MY COMPANION.

"Turn to me, Lord, and be merciful, because I am lonely." Psalm 25:16

"God has said, `Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you!'" Hebrews 13:5

"Your presence fills me with joy" Psalm 16:1

WHEN I'M WORRIED, GOD IS MY CONFIDENCE

"When you go through deep waters and great troubles, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you won't drown. When you walk through the fires of oppression, you won't be burned up." Isaiah 42:2-3

"I am always aware of the Lord's presence..."Psalm 16:8-9

"Even though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me."Psalm 23:4

WHEN I'M TEMPTED, GOD IS MY COUNSELOR

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."2 Cor. 10:13

"You, God, keep a close watch on all my paths." Job 13:27

"If I say surely the darkness will hide me and the light of the night becomes night around me, even the darkness will not be dark to You for the night will shine like the day for darkness is as light to You." Psalm 139:11

WHEN I'M DISCOURAGED, GOD IS MY COMFORTER

"The Lord is near to those who are discouraged. He saves those who have lost all hope." Psalm 34:18

"The Lord stopped my tears and kept me from defeat. So I walk in the presence of the Lord. I kept on believing, even when I said, `I'm completely crushed' and even when I was afraid and said, `No one can be trusted.'" Psalm 116:8-11

3 Secrets to Practicing the Presence of God:

Invite Jesus into your life

Be quiet
"Draw near to God and He'll draw near to you." James 4:8

Develop the habit of praise

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving, enter His courts with praise” Psalm 100:4