Developing a relationship with God
Every relationship takes time to develop. You have to spend time with someone to take that relationship deeper. It’s no different with our relationship with the Lord. Spend time with Him. There is just no other way. That’s why we encourage every believer to develop the habit of a daily time with God. As simply as I know how to put it, a quiet time is time alone with the Lord. If we do not spend time cultivating that one-on-one relationship with Him, we will eventually feel spiritually disconnected from Him, out of touch, restless, dissatisfied and unfulfilled. After a while we will begin drifting away and no longer be influenced by His presence in our lives.
The fact is we all desire a closeness with God but often aren’t experiencing it simply because we aren’t spending time with Him. After a while we say to ourselves, "I’m the same old person I’ve always been." "I’m not changing." "My relationship with the Lord is stale and stagnant." That’s why each day we need to set aside time to spend with the Lord in Bible reading and prayer in order to deepen our knowledge and love for Him that will result in real life change.
Spend the next 30 days reading, reflecting and responding on the following 30 passages of Scripture. Let God teach you and bring His refreshing presence back into your life.
- John 4:14
- Romans 12:1-2
- John 15:1-5
- Psalm 62:1-8
- James 1:25
- Psalm 42:1-11
- Romans 8:28-38
- Isaiah 40:28-31
- Psalm 1
- Ephesians 1:1-14
- Philippians 3:7-14
- Galatians 5:16-26
- Matthew 23:36-40
- I Peter 2:1-2
- John 14:25
- James 4:1-10
- Colossians 3:1-11
- Philippians 2:5-11
- Ephesians 4:25-32
- I John 4:7-16
- Psalm 15
- I Corinthians 4:16-5:11
- Ephesians 2:1-10
- I Peter 1:13-16
- I Thessalonians 4:3-8
- Ephesians 5:18-20
- Romans 6:1-6
- Deuteronomy 5:29
- Exodus 20:1-17
- Jeremiah 29:11-13