Knowing God Intimately
If you want to become a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ, you must make your relationship with God your highest priority. A growing love relationship with God is paramount to everything else that happens in the Christian life. That’s why we were created, that’s why Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that’s why God is preparing an eternal home for us in heaven.
When Jesus was asked which is the most important commandment of all, He replied, “you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (Mark 12:30, NLTSE).
Do you have a personal relationship with God? If not, learn how to invite Him into your life today through His Son, Jesus Christ.
If you have begun your relationship with God, would you describe it as “intimate?” Are you growing closer to Him with every passing day? Is that your desire? Has that become your highest priority?
Meditate on the following Bible passages and ask the Holy Spirit to increase your love relationship with God. (read Bible passages)
by EveryStudent.com
The world offers many different versions of God–is the God revealed in the Bible the ideal God? Many of us have in mind the "ideal" God. Maybe we think God should be capable, able to relate to us, care about us. The following qualities are pretty much what the Bible tells us about God... (read more)
by provethebible.net
Jesus Christ is Lord... so what? That's not just a skeptic's retort, that is a self-test question professing Bible believers can benefit from asking themselves.
So what was different about my life today because I believe Jesus is Lord? What did those differences say to others about Jesus? What did those differences say to Jesus about me? (read more)
by Nancy Missler
First, we must ask ourselves is it even possible to intimately know the God of the universe? Can we truly fellowship with Him moment by moment? Can we really experience His presence? The Bible says we can. And we must.
Most of us do not know God on a personal, daily, intimate basis. We know what we have read and been told about Him, but it’s an intellectual knowledge that lacks spiritual experience. Thus, we don’t "act" like we believe in Him. He is not the most important thing in our lives. Our spouses, our children, our families, our relationships, our homes, our jobs, our goals and our aspirations are! This is the reason we are faltering, failing and getting captured and destroyed when our faith is tested to the max. (read more)
Are you closer to God today than you were a month ago? A year ago? Five years ago? We talk with God about our relationship and agree we want it to be better but sometimes things don’t seem to change. What’s the problem?
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There are seven important, ongoing habits for building our relationship with God. All seven involve acknowledging God’s presence, communicating with Him through prayer, and observing His involvement in our lives. (read more)
by John Piper
The great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. Discord between duty and delight doesn't exist: delight is our duty. Piper stuns us again and again with things we saw in the Bible, but never dared to believe. Join him on this dangerous quest for maximum joy in God. But beware, it may cost you your life. Never mind—"the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life" (Psalm 63:3). (read online or download the PDF)
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
by John Piper
A Hunger For God was written to help Christians understand the Biblical nature and purpose of fasting and prayer. In this book, John Piper looks at the phenomena of religious, political, and health-based fasting, which occur around the world, and explains what makes Christian fasting unique. He then discusses the reasons and ways the Bible commends fasting to us. Ultimately, Piper asserts, fasting is a way of expressing to God that he is the supreme hunger of our hearts—that we are starving for him.
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How to Fight for Joy
by John Piper
What do you do when you discover that you're not satisfied in God the way he wants you to be? Joy is more than an afterthought of the Christian life; it is the sustaining fruit of a relationship with God.
With a radical passion for Christ's glory, John Piper helps you find the joy God wants you to have.
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