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Hi ladies... Even though I have been in church since I was a little girl, I am just now really starting to pursue my relationship with God. Right now I can say I am a little baby in my walk with Christ. I am still nursing off of milk. So please excuse the many questions I will ask lol.
Ok so here's whats really on my mind.. INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP. How in the world do I have an intimate realtionship with God? Over and over again I hear,"Spend time with God" or "Treat Him as a friend". I know to do that, but it feels as though I am getting no where. I feel like I mine as well throw in the towel. I talk to God throughout my day sometimes and it seems like no one is there. Like I know He's listening, but I havent heard Him say anything back. My mind cannot comprehend how a person can be so close to God to the point they are constantly talking back and forth like two regular people. For example, some people cook for God. How do you do that? I am not trying to be funny or anything, but He can't really eat it, can He? And another thing where would I go in the bible to begin having an intimate relationship? This all seems like so much to handle. Just if someone has found out how to have an intimate relationship with God please let me know. This is no easy thing for me and I know some people may think "Dang this girl dont know nothing bout God." Like I said, I am a beginner to giving my ALL to Christ. How can I know if no one tells me anything? So please comment and give me any kind of advice. I am willing and determined to making this relationship with God work. I will NOT fail. I won't allow it.
Thanks sisters in advance for any advice,
Carol Jean {Desperate for Christ}
Tags: God, Intimate, Relationship
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Congrats on deciding to really give your life to Christ, I'm very happy for you. I'm not newly saved, but I can relate to feeling like your not as close to God as I want to be. Daily prayer, praise and worship, and reading the bible are the best way to get closer to God. Take about 30 minutes a day to get by yourself where you have no distractions and just talk to God. You don't have to be formal, just talk to him the same way you'd talk to any other friend. start by praising and thanking him and then just talk to him about what ever is on your mind or comes to mind.
You will start to see God move in ways that you know can only be him.
God bless
Love, your sister in Christ :)
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Thank you Raven! This advice helps me lots. I will try this :)
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hi,
i totally understand how you feel, sometimes i question my relationship too lol. just like everybody had already said, you have to spend time with God even if it is one hour, pray that God increases your desire and zeal to spend time with Him( and believe He will answer that prayer! lol) and just keep reading your bible. it says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. with time you would come to recognize God's voice, you would recognize His manner of speech and how He operates. you also have to practice how to be quiet ( this is an ongoing challenge for me) because God operates in the spirit ( He is a SPIRIT), He cannot reach us when our insides (heart) are noisy and we cannot hear Him either. like you am still taking baby steps with God and i have also learnt that your walk with God is a walk of faith not feelings, so even when we "feel" that He is not there we need to silence our feelings and believe He is for He has already promised that he will never leave or forsake us. God bless you :)
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Thanks for your advice :) Sometimes I just want my relationship with God to become strong overnight, but building any relationship is a process... so til then I will just have to consistently spend time with God.
Thanks again for the advice!!!
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Hello Carol,
Daily communication with GOD helps your intimate relationship with him. I think as Christians, we need to not always look for the "VOICE". Sometimes you hear GOD through other people, for example other christians, pastors, or other leaders. You hear GOD the most in his word. I would encourage you to spend a lot of time reading his word and getting to know him. Get to know what he wants for you life. God's word reveals a lot about him. The more you know about him, the closer you grow to him. You have to commit to GOD, be faithful, love him, love others as he loves you, trust him to take care of all your needs, put time into your relationship with him, be prayerful, and listen to him. I have attached a pdf that helped me out. It references a lot of good scriptures.
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I totally agree with mesha regarding the inner voice!
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Relationship with God--- pray to Him exactly what you typed up there. Lol, God is real with us, meeting us where we are, so He will answer you.
Read your bible. That's the way to get to know Him.
(Never heard of the cooking for God---sounds kind of weird to me, honestly)
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I can totally relate to what you are saying. I've recently rededicated my life to Christ. Now , I would think the samething how can I hear him ? . But God does speak through different signs in life and people. The way I keep my relationship strong. Is to continue to read my bible daily, talk to him, pray, give him my all. I'm getting my relationship back stronger with him also. Just continue to keep faith. Proverbs 3:5-6 helps me out a lot.
Have a blessed day Carol :)
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At 32 I'm feeling the same way. Looking and longing for something that I know only god will fill in that void. No man or anything can do it. I'm writing daily and asking him to reveal the path I should. Also remove persons and bring people in my life that will help me. I can not do it on my own and having someone in your corner helps.
Just wanted to let you know someone out there is going through the same. With God's help we shall over come. I agree read, journal, pray and talk to those that want the same.
May god keep you and bless you my sister.
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This is a funny topic...not funny ha ha but funny because it hit me like a lightening bolt. LOL.. I got saved back in 2004. God voice was loud...but I experienced some church hurt, backslid, and rededicated my life back to God last July. I too have been struggling with that closeness that intimacy with God. But I realize that only when i stay away from prayer and the word is when His voice is faint. But when I'm reading the word, studying, praying, and fellowshipping, His voice is like wow, crystal clear. Because I killed my flesh and I fed my spirit man. And because I filled my spirit with the things of God, I heard God better.
I remember asking myself, "Nadia what did you do to spend time with your randoms?" Let's see...I called them a LOT lol... texted....went out on dates..spent intimate time with them. And as I got to know them I got closer to them. Well, it's the same thing with God. I think my problem is that how can I spend time with God? Little me..what do I have to offer God? I think I shortchange myself. God wants me to love Him just like I called myself falling for these men who weren't mines...spend some time with Him. Pray, talk to Him, read His word, etc. The bible is EVERYTHING..just call it a textbook for the school of life. It's IMPORTANT to read that, and it's even MORe important for the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into all truth concerning His word. Another problem that I'm having is equating God with my natural father who wasn't there for me. I gots to SQUASH that. God will NEVER leave me nor forsake me; it's in His word. And He is not a man that He should lie; neither is He the son of man that He should repent.
I know it feels goofy talking to God, but trust me, He hears you. :) Thanks for reminding me of the basics. I'm currently going through this in my prayer life. Impatience should be my middle name; it's ridiculous! But the word of God says that they who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled (Matthew 5:6). It also says that when we seek, we will find, when we knock, the door will be answered unto us, and when we ask, we shall receive (Matthew 7:7). The word SHALL denotes a promise. That means that when you seek God with all of your heart, it's a guarantee that you will find Him. :)
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I also would like to add to that a lot of times God may speak indirectly to us. He may speak to us through dreams, our thoughts, situations or he may even speak through other people to us. You know how when someone hears a speaker or a pastor and they say "I felt like they were talking right to me" or "I needed to hear that" that's God. like another sis said sometimes our hearts or minds are so cluttered that we don't even realize when God is speaking to us. So continue to spend time with him by studying, praying &/or journalist. And when ever your done, what helps me is I just sit in complete silence for as long as I can just meditating. There are many times when we study or pray and when we are done we go right back to being busy without just taking time to be still and listen.
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I agree. When I was a little girl, as young as the age of 8; God showed me in a dream how my mother was going to die (of course it bothered me). I saw visions of hell and stuff. I even KNEW my horrible brother was going to get saved before I was...and this was me as a young girl.
That's one of my problems--not being able to sit still and LISTEN to what He has to say. We act so ridiculous sometimes it's pitiful. LOL.... All we need to do is to be QUIET.... and He'll speak. Thanks for reminding me that I need patience in my life.
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