be closer to God

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

Get a partner to help you stay faithful to your reading and prayer time with God. Pray. Read. Grow.

...oh, and while you’re working on this for yourself, please pray for me—so that I can stay faithful, as well. God bless.

I don’t think this means that you have to be best buddies with everyone, but to just treat everyone with respect, love and understanding on a daily basis. This is not always easy. But the more I try to understand people, the easier it is for me to see God in them.

i need to be closer to God. and live my life the way it should be lived, as God intended me to. Ive realized i need to change for the better. Besides my Fiancee i want to be closer to God just as he is

I was awake late last night, unable to sleep and I turned on this sermon podcast I got about prayer and it was really powerful. It reminded me to pray about this, becoming closer to God too and I am. I’ve started enjoying reading my bible again too which is a good sign, I’ve pretty much had a love/hate relationship with it all my life.

I feel like I have been less close to God lately so I want to be closer to God. I’ll keep you in the loop of my progress…

I never go to church anymore, but I’ve started to print homilies from this one priest who used to be at this church I attended a while back. I remember the first time I heard him speak, it was so uncanny the way his message related directly to my life. His messages were always uplifting and inspiring. So of course I was really disappointed when he left to start a new church. But then I ran across his homilies online – so I’ve been printing them out and reading them lately.

I think it really helps to identify with someone spiritualy that you can learn from. For a long time I have always had this very liberal approach to spirituality – a belief that didn’t really conform to any religion. And I think I felt very alone in my beliefs. But the more I read, the more I realize that there are a lot of people who think very similar to the way that I do, and I’ve been learning a lot more in the process.

I always feel like God let me down when I really need him. Like he is never there for me and always let terrible things happen to me. But I realise that God has a plan for each and everyone of us. I have to have faith in him. John15:16 And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we know we have what we asked of him. And I realise that although he had not always given me what I wanted, he gave me what I needed.

Why is it that I’ve allowed people to come into my life, effortlessly and often undeserving, yet it has taken me so long to welcome my Creator? I want to strengthen my faith, and show that I am worthy of all the blessings I’ve received!!

For some reason I feel more connected to God when I get outside, and have some time alone. Being cramped up is never a good thing.

3 years ago I lost my mother to a not-so-rare but uncommonly known disease, myasthenia gravis. I’ll give you more details about the disease if you ask, but I’d like to share how with the loss of my mother, I also experienced a break-down in my faith in God.

I went from being angry and confused that such a huge creator could allow something so devastating happen to my family.

Then I decided that God would have to prove to me whether or not it was worth believing on something for so long and not receiving anything from it.

I completely lost faith in God and decided that I didn’t want to have a relationship with God anymore.

Now I’m beginning to become closer to God again. I do realize that even in my relapse of faith and understanding, God still had an impact on my life.

I realized that ultimately, God still wants me around. I’m still angry and will be until my life evens out again, but for now I need a friend and God will be a friend to me if nothing else.