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THE RIGHTEOUS BRIDE (excerpt): 7 Ways to Draw Closer to God
by Tonja Taylor (1) Thank the LORD that He loves you so much that you are still alive, that He saved you (as long as you have truly repented of your sins and received LORD Jesus as your Savior and LORD), and that He led you to read this right now to help you! Thank Him for every good thing in your life!
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. - Psalm 107:1, KJV
(2) Worship Him to Bible-based praise and worship music. Sing out loud. Make up your own songs to Him. He loves you and doesn't care how you sound. Sing from your heart to Him. He loves it!
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. - I Chronicles 16:29, KJV
(3) Read His Word. Get a Bible, and/or go online to all the free Bibles. Ask the LORD to speak to you, and He will! Ask Him to help you understand when He is speaking to you. It may take practice, but as you keep seeking Him and reading His Word, He will reveal Himself to you more and more.
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. - Psalm 119:17-18, JKV
(4) Pray, which simply means talk to--and listen to--the LORD. It may feel awkward at first. You don't have to get on your knees, although that is a great posture of humility. Jesus is alive! He loves you and wants to have a deep, unique relationship with you! Pray for others, yourself, your nation, and the world!
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father. - Ephesians 3:14, NASB95
(5) Get around Bible-believing people. The best place for that is at a literal church. Online church is great, and praise the LORD for it. However, the LORD commands us to gather with other Believers (and all the more as The Day of King Jesus' return approaches). No person is perfect (except King Jesus Himself), but just like we practice anything, we get better at it, and being in the Presence of the LORD in the house of a church that truly reveres and follows the LORD and His Holy Bible changes us to be more like Christ! Hallelujah!
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. - Hebrews 10:24-25, NKJV
(6) Make changes as the LORD convicts you about it. It may be hard at first, but just like surgery to remove something that shouldn't be in your body, or like a bone that needs to be reset, it will be so worth it. Freedom is priceless, and the LORD is the Spirit of Freedom!
“The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” - Mark 1:5, NASB95
(7) Use your skills, talents, abilities, gifts, and knowledge to advance God's Kingdom. Ask the LORD how you can help Him get the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the only Savior of the world, to many more people, before Kingp Jesus returns!
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. - Romans 11:29, KJV
The LORD loves you, and sees you uniquely. He will help you with all these things; most of all to know that, through the blood of Jesus Christ that covers you (as long as you have repented of your sins and ask Jesus to cleanse your heart and be your Savior and LORD!), you are right with God. He will help you to love righteousness and hate wickedness, and learn more about Him, and help others to know Him. Amen and amen!
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. - Romans 5:6-11, KJV Through books, courses, presentations, service, prayer, worship, and more, Tonja and her husband live to exalt God. Her series for girls, P.O.W.E.R. GIRL ADVENTURES, is now out (books I-V), along with LEGACY; YOUR HOLY HEALTH: VISIONS OF THE KING, and more. See the "River Rain Creative" YT channel. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |