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CONNECTING WITH GOD-PSALM 63:1-8******

IN HIS BOOK "OBJECTS OF HIS AFFECTION",SCOTTY SMITH SHARES HIS JOURNEY OF LEARNING TO PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE THE PASSIONATE LOVE OF GOD. AS A YOUNG BOY, HE LOST HIS MOTHER SUDDENLY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

BECAUSE OF THIS, HE CLOSED OFF HIS WOUNDED HEART TO OTHERS-INCLUDING GOD. SEVERAL YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED JESUS AS HIS SAVIOR AND BEGAN TO LEARN THE TRUTHS OF CHRISTIANITY. YET HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IN THOSE DAYS WAS, AS HE DESCRIBED, "SIDE BY SIDE RATHER THAN FACE TO FACE. IMPORTANT, BUT NOT INTIMATE."

DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT WAY? YOU TALK TO THE LORD A LITTLE BIT, READ HIS WORDS IN THE BIBLE, BUT DON'T SENSE A PASSIONATE CONNECTION WITH HIM LIKE THAT EXPRESSED BY THE PSALMIST DAVID.

IN PSALM 63, SCOTTY SUGGESTS WAYS TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES TO INTIMACY, FROM WHICH WE MAY GLEAN THESE TWO IDEAS. LIVE HONESTLY AND PONDER AND BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT GOD'S CHARACTER AND HIS LONGING FOR YOU.

MARK 1:35 SAYS SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS VITALLY LINKED TO THE BELIEVERS'S LIFE. YET, OUR DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES CAN COMPETE WITH TAKING TME FOR PRAYER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT JESUS' EXAMPLE IN MAKING TIME DESPITE HIS BUSY SCHEDUAL. AFTER A DEMANDING EVENING OF HEALING MINISTRY, OUR LORD STILL SOUGHT A PLACE TO PRAY.

BEING CLOSE IN A RELATIONSHIP TAKES TIME AND EFFORT-EVEN WHEN IT'S WITH THE LORD. GOD PURSUES US IN OUR RESTLESSNESS, RECEIVES US IN OUR SINFULNESS, AND HOLDS US IN OUR BROKENNESS. LETS TRY AND CONNECT OURSELVES WITH GOD THROUGH PRAYER.I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY***********
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