Ps 119:113 I hate double-minded people, but I love your law. 114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. 115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God! 116 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
. 117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees. 118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing. 119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes. 120 My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
Loving God's Word is honorable I love your law vs 113 I have put my hope in your word vs 114 I may keep the commands of my God vs 115 I will always have regard for your decrees. Vs 117 I love your statutes vs 119 I stand in awe of your laws vs 120 I love your law My flesh trembles in fear of you Fearful love
Loving God's Word is honorable We live in love with God's Word “I know I should...” “This just doesn't seem right...” “somewhere in the Bible it says...” We study, pick apart, the Bible Are we as in love with God as we are the Bible? Do you actually fear God?
Fearful Love I love your law My flesh trembles in fear of you Comes in response to God's treatment of evildoers 118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, 119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; 120 My flesh trembles in fear of you;
Loving God's Word guides us in how to Love God More than obedience It involves obedience Jn 14:23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
God is a person The Person of the Father The Person of the Son The Person of the Holy Spirit So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. We are persons; designed by a person Do you love God?
God is a person When was the last time you spent time alone with God? He is invisible You cannot hug But you can talk Seems silly? Try it!
God is a person Phrases to get you started... God, I remember when I first met you I thought you were... Now I see you differently... I remember the time you really came through for me I remember the time I felt the closest to you I remember the timeI felt so far from you One thing I really like about you God is... One thing I don't understand about the way you act is...
Do you have a “relationship” with God? Not a Biblical word The thing that sets you apart from just knowing about God One can know the Bible really well And not know God.
Do you have a “relationship” with God? An intimate prayer Jn 17:20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
So What? Does your faith seem dry? Is your faith only obedience oriented? Does God seem distant? READ THE WORD! Talk to God. The Word is God speaking to you The relationship happens when you speak to God in response to His Word.