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having a rel. with God
having a relationship with God.
+ It is important to have relationship with God
+ There are 3 reasons why to have a relationship with God:
+ For eternal life
+ To enjoy God in this world by relationship
+ We cannot live our life without a relationship with Him.
+ We have peace in God
+ Your heart is triangular and the world is round, the world will never satisfy your heart.
+ We cannot live without God
+ John 14:9- Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, `Show us the Father'?
+ John 16:3- And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
+ To know God we need a relationship with Him.
+ We may be doing things related to God, e.g. going to church, yet you still may not have knowledge of God and a personal relationship.
+ Fasting, praying, serving at church, knowing the sacraments etc. does not mean I have a personal relationship with God.
+ we need to obey these commandments
+ We should fear and love God at the same time.
+ If we fear people we must fear God
+ We need to ask God to work in our lives
+ We need to live the life of companionship and love to God
+ We need to get God involved in everything in our lives.
+ For a relationship with God we need:
+ will
+ Desire
+ Our work
+ Results of our work
+ Genesis 39
+ John 15:5
+ God needs to be a partner in all that we do
+ Philippians 2:13
+ Fellowship with the grace of God
+ God’s grace is the help of God
+ 1 Timothy 2:4
+ God will come in out lives if we give Him space
+ put the Lord first
+ take the opportunity when you feel the desire to talk to God
+ psalm 25
+Glory Be to God forever, Amen+
+ It is important to have relationship with God
+ There are 3 reasons why to have a relationship with God:
+ For eternal life
+ To enjoy God in this world by relationship
+ We cannot live our life without a relationship with Him.
+ We have peace in God
+ Your heart is triangular and the world is round, the world will never satisfy your heart.
+ We cannot live without God
+ John 14:9- Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, `Show us the Father'?
+ John 16:3- And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
+ To know God we need a relationship with Him.
+ We may be doing things related to God, e.g. going to church, yet you still may not have knowledge of God and a personal relationship.
+ Fasting, praying, serving at church, knowing the sacraments etc. does not mean I have a personal relationship with God.
+ we need to obey these commandments
+ We should fear and love God at the same time.
+ If we fear people we must fear God
+ We need to ask God to work in our lives
+ We need to live the life of companionship and love to God
+ We need to get God involved in everything in our lives.
+ For a relationship with God we need:
+ will
+ Desire
+ Our work
+ Results of our work
+ Genesis 39
+ John 15:5
+ God needs to be a partner in all that we do
+ Philippians 2:13
+ Fellowship with the grace of God
+ God’s grace is the help of God
+ 1 Timothy 2:4
+ God will come in out lives if we give Him space
+ put the Lord first
+ take the opportunity when you feel the desire to talk to God
+ psalm 25
+Glory Be to God forever, Amen+
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