From Infatuation to Intimacy: Knowing God's Ways

the scriptures mention the phrase one another. Says things like this. Pray for one another. Serve one another. Love one another. Prefer one another above yourself. Forgive one another when they've wronged you. Be merciful to one another. Be patient with one another. Be kind with one another. Be tenderhearted towards one another. You start to get a pretty obvious message that God wants us to remember that the best of life is not lived only for ourselves, but the best of life is lived when we actually care about one another, when we actually seek the best of someone else, not just ourselves. And that only happens when we are close and intimate in our relationship with God. [00:05:29] (46 seconds)  #LiveForOneAnother

It's speaking to intimacy with god. It's why whenever we get really honest and close with someone and we begin to get transparent and open with them about significant issues in our lives, we always use this phrase. We call it bearing our soul. See, because you don't do that with someone that you don't that you don't know well. You don't do that with somebody that you have a cavalier or casual relationship with. You don't bear your soul to a stranger. You only do that with people with whom you have a deep and intimate connection. So if to love God with all of our heart is to love him passionately, then to love God with all of our soul means to know him personally. [00:25:50] (40 seconds)  #BearingOurSoul

The depth of love that I have for my wife is not rooted in her physical beauty any longer even though it's still there, and I'm still infatuated by it. I have grown deeper in love and appreciation with my wife because after thirty five years, I know her heart. Amen. I know her soul, man. I I know who she is. I've witnessed her hospitality, her generosity, her servant spirit. I know her ways. I don't just know her works and because I know her ways, I have grown in deep, deep love with her. [00:34:48] (31 seconds)  #LoveGrowsWithKnowing

It is the same way with god. If all you do is know what he does and see what he does, you will always be frustrated because there will be moments in your life when you will not be able to trace his hand. You'll have to trust his heart. You'll have to know he's good. Even when you don't get the good report, you'll have to know he's good and still loves you even when everything doesn't go up into the right. To only see his works and not understand his ways is to only know God on a superficial level. And I'm telling you, it's not enough. [00:35:20] (34 seconds)  #TrustHisHeart

Be ready. See, I I think sometimes we don't hear more from the lord or get more out of our time with him because we approach it with such a casual manner and he can see that we're not really ready to hear so he doesn't speak but if you're ready, if you're prepared and you say, okay, god, these fifteen minutes, it's just me and you, I'm ready to hear from you and I'm going to write down and remember everything that you say to me, you're prepared. So, said, preparation, be prepared. Number two, word is isolation. Watch what he said in verse three. No one should come with you. [00:49:28] (29 seconds)  #AloneWithGod

He knew he was about to have a unique encounter with god and he couldn't wait for it. Here's what I mean. As we spend time with god over these next seven days, believe that he's actually going to show up. Believe that he's actually going to speak to you. Believe that you're actually going to see more of him in the word than you ever have before. That you are going to learn more about him than you ever have before. The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground of miracles. [00:52:06] (30 seconds)  #ExpectancyBreedsMiracles

Don't just go, well, pastor told me I'm supposed to carve out fifteen minutes. So, here I am. No, man. Preparation, get your heart ready, get something to write on, isolation, get alone with god, and say, lord, it's just me and you, and I wanna hear from you. I'm desperate for you, and then expectation. [00:53:15] (24 seconds)  #UndistractedTimeWithGod

``And here's what Moses said, though. He said, it sounds great. It sounds amazing. But here's what I'm telling you, God. We don't want it more than we want you. If you're not gonna go with us, we don't want it. We'll live in the desert for the rest of our lives as long as we have you. Now that's intimacy. Now that's love. Now that's different. That's saying, god, I don't want anything in this world more than I want you. I don't want anything more than I want you. [01:00:32] (35 seconds)  #GodOverEverything