{"id":1745,"date":"2022-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2022-01-16T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:03:41","slug":"why-spend-time-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/why-spend-time-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Spend Time with God?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=525%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=1024%2C482&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=768%2C362&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=1536%2C723&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?resize=1320%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Spend-Time-with-God.png?w=1688&amp;ssl=1 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">There are three powerful reasons to create an intimate relationship with Christ. By intimate, I mean a daily personal ongoing dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a. Relationships take time to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">b. Strong relationships can be counted on during a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">c. We were created to love and be loved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Build a Relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">All relationships take time. A relationship with God is unlike other relationships in many ways but still follows the rules of other relationships. We are important to God; He wants a strong relationship with us. But a relationship is a two-way street. He can not have a strong relationship with us if we do not encourage the same relationship with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luke 12:7, <\/strong>&#8220;Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don&#8217;t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">How often do you talk to your best friend? How important is it to you to know what they are doing? How strongly do you want to be involved in what they are doing? To whom do you share good news and bad news? Is that relationship any different from your relationship with God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matthew 5:6<\/strong>, &#8220;God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">What would your friends feel like if you only spoke to them when you needed them to do something for you? How would you feel if someone treated you this way? Relationships are about understanding each other&#8217;s deepest desires of the heart. Relationships are about sharing the daily joys and triumphs of your life, along with the challenges. Take time to thank God for every moment of joy that happens in your life, as it happens. Acknowledge the challenges and ask for guidance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus made time to get away from His earthly calling to speak with His Father; He understood the need to keep the relationship centered on His life and constantly renewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark 1:35<\/strong>, &#8220;And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Daily intimacy with God is vital in creating a lasting relationship that will weather any storm. The strength and depth of your relationship with Him is a barometer of your trust in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Draw Strength to Fight the Daily Battles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">It is essential to spend time alone with God because God is the source of our strength, and we need His strength to fight the spiritual battles of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John 15:4<\/strong>. &#8220;Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He goes on to say;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John 15:7-8<\/strong>, &#8220;If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this, my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We live in a broken world. That has almost become a clich\u00e9. We all know this, but we somehow still believe we can navigate the turbulent waters of daily life without help. Somehow we come to think that we only need the sustenance of the vine for the more significant problems of our lives, not the daily grind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In many cases, it is the daily grind that introduces problems because of the lack of fruit in our daily walk. Having a continuous intimate relationship with Christ will smooth out some of these challenges. His presence in our daily walk will remind us of how we should live. The constant dialog will nudge us back on track when we stray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">It will also give you the confidence to know that Christ is there in the tough times. These are when the pain is so great we forget to ask for help. Our mind is so occupied with the circumstance that we fail to look up. Sometimes, we even feel God has stepped away, and we are on our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Strong and solid relationships do not abandon each other in time of need; they bond closer together. So don&#8217;t wait until you need a friend to create a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Love and Be Loved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 Corinthians 13:13<\/strong>, &#8220;And now these three remain faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We also spend time alone with God out of love. It is central to our nature to love and desire to be loved. We don&#8217;t all experience this similarly, but we all need love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ephesians 3:17-19<\/strong>, &#8220;so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Worldly love is challenging. People are not capable of unconditional love. As hard as we try, we fall short. God&#8217;s love is perfect. God&#8217;s love for us is unchanging. God&#8217;s love for us is steadfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Most of all, God loved us to the point that he sent His son to die for us that we may have eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John 15:13<\/strong>, &#8220;Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one&#8217;s life for one&#8217;s friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TO DO&#8217;s<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Spend some quality time with Christ every day and throughout the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matthew 4:4<\/strong>, &#8220;Jesus answered, &#8216;It is written: &#8216;Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Let those truths permeate your mind and think about them throughout the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 1:2<\/strong>, &#8220;But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 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