The Secrets to Moving Beyond A Casual Relationship With God
July 19th, 2009
The Secrets to Moving Beyond A Casual Relationship With God
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to feel like you could talk to God about anything? The kind of relationship where you and rent a motorcycle trailer in chicago God talk about more than blessing your family and friends and finances. Perhaps you know or mobile food trailers see people who seem to have this kind of deep and personal relationship with God.
Well you can have it too. And, my prayer is that after reading this article you will be well on your way to one of the most intimate and exiting relationships you’ll ever have.
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I believe there are three secrets to developing and maintaining an intimate relationship with God. Why do I call them secrets? Because, sometimes they seem to be hidden from common view, elusive almost. Most of us desire to be closer with God, but for some reason we can’t seem to get there or stay there for long. So how do we do it?
Secret #1. Honesty
The naked truth is, God already knows what and how we think. He knows our inner desires,
all the good things we’ve done and the things we wouldn’t dare want anyone to know. God knows our dreams, desires, goals and more importantly, the wonderful things He’s custom Triumph motorcycle designed you to do and become.
Why tell Him something He already knows? Being transparent with God has an opening and clarifying effect. It clears the air and establishes an atmosphere of truth and honesty. Now you and God can talk, really talk. There’s no secrets between Him and you. Another effect it has is helping us be more honest with ourselves. Sometimes we lie to ourselves about what’s really going on inside of us. It’s too difficult to face so we ignore things, or excuse them. Once we’re honest with ourselves, we’re left with the question, “Now what am I going to do about this situation or area of my life?” And, this question continues to surface until we either take action or avoid it again.
Acknowledging the elephant in international truck service locations, ca the room has a clearing effect and this is what God wants so that He can have open and honest communication with you.
Secret #2. Obedience
Jesus says in John 14:21, 23 that those who love Him will keep His commandments. They will obey Him. And, if they obey Him they are demonstrating their love for Him and will be loved by Him and the Father. But, there’s a bonus, Jesus says, “I will love [them] and manifest myself to [them].” In verse 24, He says, “. . .and We will come to [them] and make Our home with [them].” Wow! If you really want to move past a casual relationship with God, Jesus tells us how right there is those three verses.
What about those times when you know what you’re supposed to do, but don’t feel like doing it? Ahh, I’m glad you asked. Ask God at that very moment to give you both the will and desire to do what you know you should do, whether you feel like it or not. If you still fail, don’t worry, don’t have a pity party, just get back on track as quickly as possible by being honest with God about what you did or didn’t do, ask for forgiveness and press on. цены крым Ask God to help you be successful the next time and keep moving forward.
Secret #3. Time
In any relationship, time купить Sony Ericsson C905i is an essential element for intimacy. Quantity usually takes priority over quality and here’s why. Some things are only revealed as we spend more time in the presence of another. The more opportunities we have to experience that person in all bills paid furnished apartments in arlington texas different situations, the more we get to know them. It is this way with our relationship with God as well.
How much time is enough? That’s between you and God. Spend as much time as possible thinking about and sharing your most personal thoughts and feelings with God. The more you do this, the more you open the channels of communication with God and thereby grow closer to Him.
Summary:
Honesty - Be transparent with yourself and God at all costs at all times.
Obedience - Do it anyway, even when you don’t feel like it. When you don’t feel like it, ask God to give you the will and desire to do it.
Time - Think about God, talk to Him and listen to Him whenever and wherever you can.
Mike Williams http://www.theplacetolearn.com
Establish What you Want with NLP
Recently, a lady came to see me and she had successfully stopped smoking with me and as she had enjoyed the success after 30 years of trying and failing to stop smoking, she was so happy that she felt capable of doing anything. She brought in what looked like a shopping list of things in her life that she wanted to change!
Just last week, I also got an email from someone that receives this ezine of mine, and they wanted all sorts of different things to happen in their life, and couldn’t decide what to focus on. So, this month, I thought I’d give you some pointers on helping yourself to know how to know what you want. Sounds a bit confusing, let me put that more simply; “How to know what you want.”
In the late 1990s, and during most of the time I have ever been emloyed, I was doing jobs that I found to be unsatisfactory or that I simply did not enjoy. WHen I did my first self-hypnosis course and learned some of the main aspects of NLP, I was amazed by the resources that already existed within me and as I learned more about modern ideas of personal development, two questions became more hitch cargo carriers in pensacola and more insightful to me. Those two questions were (and still are..)
“What do you want?” and “How will you know you’ve got it?”
As the questions came up more and more, I realised I had not applied them to my self as I should have done. What did I want? The more I asked myself that question, the less I knew the answer. However, I was sure of the fact that I didn’t want to keep doing what I was doing, and that the personal development fields I was discovering were to be involved with my future somehow.
So, as you stop and think with regards to your own situation in life, in whatever aspect of it, or of your life as a whole (not a hole!) have a good think and identify anything that is
