Developing a relationship with God is an important part of keeping your feelings for Him as genuine and awesome feeling as the day you were saved. You must seek God and you will find Him. You will find true love. The truest love that ever was, ever is and ever will be because, God is the ultimate experience of Love. If you want a personal relationship with Christ you have to open the door to your heart. You must accept Christ as your savior, believe that He is the son of God who came in the flesh and was crucified to save you from your sins and sent His powerful spirit a comforter to be with you until He returns....open the door.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20
You Will Become an Overcomer
You must overcome the temptations and troubles of this world by learning His word, praying unceasingly, putting on the armor of God, and following His commandments and laws and you will be richly rewarded for your earnest efforts.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,  even as I, also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelations 3:21
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Revelations 3:22
Ask yourself these questions:
​How do you treat God?
Have you spoken to God today?
Did you stop to listen to what He had to say?
Have you ignored Him?
Have you been so busy with the cares of this world that you didn't take time to spend with Him?
​Have you even thought about spending time with Him?
If you treat other's the way you treat God..would they love you and want to be around you?
If you  showed someone that you love them every single day and they never said I love you, spent everyday ignoring you, never did anything you asked of them, and basically pretended you do not exist-would you continue to love them? God does.
Would you continue to listen to them and answer them? Would you rush out to help this someone who pretends you don't exist because they are so busy in their lives they don't have time for you-until they need or want something from you?
How do you treat God?

• Do you have a relationship with Him?
• Can you feel His presence?
• Can you talk to Him about whatever is on your mind?
• Do you listen for His answers?
• Do you obey His commandments?
• ​Do you tell others about Him?
• Do you know what is required to have a relationship with God?

​ Think about This
One of the biggest problems people have these days is that they do not know who God is.
Well, I would like to ask you this.
Have you ever got to know someone before you had a conversation with them?
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone that you have never spent any time with?
One of the biggest mistakes people make is that we only call on God when we are in trouble or we need something.  If you want to have a relationship with God you must spend time with Him every single day.
Can you answer these questions? 
If you walked up to a perfect stranger and asked them for something really important, Do you think they would give it to you?
God does.
If you did not speak to your spouse, partner, family member or friend unless you wanted something...do you think they would give them to you? or even care if you started asking them for things when you were in need?
God does.
​Are you a stranger to God?
Now you might be wondering, "How can I get to know someone I cannot see?" or "How can I develop a loving relationship with God"?
​The answer is simple: 
​Don't be a stranger to God. If you want to be close to Him you need to do everything in your power to show Him that:
Do His will. 
Read the Holy Bible
Pray every day
Obey His laws
Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who created the earth 
​Believe that Jesus Christ (Yeshua) died for our sins so we can have eternal ife.
Have Faith in Him
Believe that He has real power
Understand that God is Love
​Love Him
​Love others
Tell others about Him. 
When you pray you are simply talking at God but to have a conversation with Him, you have to commune with Him, wait and listen for His voice.  God's spirit can speak to you without you physically hearing it because His spirit lives inside of you. Wait for His guidance. Ask for His wisdom and mercy. Ask Him before you make any major decisions in your life. God does answer and many times more quickly than people think. He may not always answer in a way that you expect and you may not get the answer you wanted. God is a loving God. If you do His will He will give you the desires of your heart if they are in line with His will.  God wants you to delight (be greatly pleased) in your relationship with Him. "Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires" Psa. 47:4 NLT 
Many times we do not get an answer because we ask the wrong way
If you are asking God for something for selfish reasons, asking Him to change something, fix something, give you something because you want it your way, you are asking amiss. If you are asking God for something, you can be sure, He wants something from you. He wants your love. He may give you what you ask for even if you are undeserving just because He loves you. He may not give you what you are asking for other reasons. Your request may be harmful in the long run, or it may interfere with His plans for someone else. If you are asking God for something you should be prepared to show Him you are willing to earn it.
For example, If you were asking your boss for a raise (even though you had not done any work that would merit one), Would you just walk up to your boss and say, "Hey I need more money and you should it give it to me just because I am me."  
No! You probably wouldn't and if you did, you probably would not get the raise. Yet,
God does give people things even if they do not deserve them. 
God does love you, he loves you so much that He sent His Son to be sacrificed for you, for all people, even people who had never been born yet...that is a form of love that is hard to comprehend in this world where so little real love is left. GOD IS LOVE. "Whoever does not love does not know God because God is love" I John 4:8
God is NOT Hiding From You
God is with you throughout your day, while you sleep, when you are happy, when you are sad, when you are angry, always waiting for you to seek Him, open the door, talk with Him, walk with Him, spend time with Him. Trust me, if you do these things it will change your life in a way you could never imagine. You have to TRUST HIM, BELIEVE HIM, FOLLOW HIM, SEEK HIM.
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Isa. 55:6 KJV
Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. Isa. 55:7
Another example, If you were applying for a job. Would you just walk in the door all bedraggled and say, "Give me this job"? Do you think the employer would hire you?
​If you don't do any work would you expect to get paid? Your paycheck is the fruit of your labor. God expects us to produce fruit, He wants us to get other people saved. He wants us to love as He loves us-unconditionally. BUT you cannot bear fruit unless you do something..you have to ABIDE. Abide in Him. "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me".  John 15:4-5
If you do not sow the seeds you will not produce fruit, any one who has planted something can tell you that. We are to be sower's of His Word. It does not matter how people respond to the seeds we sow, as is demonstrated in the Parable of the Sower, what matters to God is that we sowed the seed. Once we have done that, we show God that we are doing His will. He wants us to follow Christ's example, He wants us to follow His commandments, He wants us to tell others about Him. Your relationship with God will become closer and closer as you do the things He requires of you. These are not hard things but you will have to choose between what is important to you, Him or the things of this world. God has great plans for you. If you do well with a little bit, He will give you a lot, pressed down and shaken together. God notices what you do, He sees everything you do and hears every single thing you say. He appreciates what you do for Him. "Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full--pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." Luke 6:38
​Seek God today. He is knocking...Open the Door.
Did you know that Jesus set an example for us to follow in everything including regarding Prayer? 
​Read Matthew 6:5-15
Jesus prayed in a quiet solitary place. Mark 1:35, Mark 1:34-36
Jesus withdrew to places where He could be alone when He prayed. Luke 5:16
Jesus looked toward heaven when He prayed. John 17:1-3
It's easy to fall in love with God when we hear of how much God loves us, when we truly believe and we realize He sent His son Jesus Christ to die for our sins and are saved but then, many fall away from God. Some fall away because they stop praying, don't study at all or don't study enough, and often go back to their old ways, while others fall away because they do not understand how to love God, are unsure, have unanswered questions due to a lack of knowledge, don't pray, don't read the bible, and basically do not know how to show Him they love Him. You can feel that same rush you felt when you were saved every single day if you spend time with Him, talking with Him, thinking about Him, studying His word, praising Him, singing to Him, and following Christ's example and God's laws. 

Bride of Christ

Learning to Love God

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Memory Verse

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20

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