What Comes First - Week 2 - Intimacy with God

``Back in Exodus and with the tabernacle, only the high priest had full access to the presence of God. They're the ones who had the full access. But then when Jesus died on the cross, it says the veil was what? Writ. And now we have full access to God, to the presence of God, to the love of God. We have true intimacy, access with God. [01:28:45] (31 seconds)  #FullAccessInChrist

Focusing means making God your first priority. First priority. As pastor Patrick, not leftovers, not last, first. Focus means making your attention on him what? Daily. Daily doing. And then focus means choosing closeness over what? Convenience. Choose closeness over convenience. When we focus, there's a truth that happens, and intimacy grows where focus flows. Intimacy grows where focus flows. You don't drift into intimacy. You decide to seek him. [01:08:00] (44 seconds)  #FirstThingsFirstGod

When you are intimate, there's no hardening of the heart. You know what? Some of you, probably all of us somewhere, had the opportunity to have a hardening of a heart by something that was wrong to us. It may have been it might have been yourself, a parent, a spouse, a job, or something. And what good is it to take that hardening of a heart and bring it to your new husband or new wife? That is not right. That is not truly intimacy. See how that works? Now this is teaching. Why? All because of the ignorance. That is ignorant. [00:45:53] (49 seconds)  #HealDontHarden

There will be a heart check. That heart check happens in 25 through 32 with that intimacy with God. Here's the heart check. You speak the truth. You speak the truth. You don't speak facts. You don't speak experiences. You don't speak what was. You speak the truth. And the truth is all from the word of God. You speak the word of God. You speak life and not death in true intimacy. [00:49:50] (31 seconds)  #SpeakGodsTruth

When you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior, he says you are the bride of Christ. You are the bride of Christ. He walked through this earth victorious. Therefore, you walked through this earth victorious. You he walked through this were this world on purpose. You walked through this world on purpose. In this world, we are like Jesus. Go look how Jesus walked on this earth, and that's how you're gonna walk on this earth. Spirit, soul, and body. You grab hold of that. That is his promise. [00:34:41] (41 seconds)  #WalkVictoriousInChrist

Fix them. Well, why? Matthew six thirty three. What does it say? Seek what? First the kingdom of God. Seek first the kingdom of God. Hebrews. You're gonna see it in Hebrews, but when seeking isn't casual. When it says seek first the kingdom of God, seeking is not casual. When I when I no. It's relational. Seeking is relational. Intimacy is a choice. It is a choice. [00:37:42] (34 seconds)  #SeekFirstDaily

Seeking isn't casual. It's relational. Intimacy is a choice. So Mark for Mark one thirty five, we saw that what Jesus sought the father early. We always see that Jesus sought the father early. What do you hey, remember remember, just as Jesus did John one? Right? Just as Jesus says, you are on this Earth. What did Jesus do? He sought the father early. He only did and said what he heard his father say and do. So when he sought him early, you need to what? Seek him early. You need it daily. [00:41:32] (38 seconds)  #SeekGodEarlyDaily

So how do we fix? How do we fix intimacy? How do we fix it? F I x. You see it right there. How do we fix it? Fix intimacy with this pretty simple. Seek with your whole heart. Jeremiah 29. Then you will seek me and what? Find me when you search for me with all your heart. That is focus. [01:07:17] (21 seconds)  #SeekWithWholeHeart