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When we study the great figures of the Bible, one thing stands out. They all had an intimate relationship with God. In the previous post, I mentioned that Abraham was probably able to discern the presence of God in the three men because he knew God and he knew how it felt to be in His presence. The problem with our generation is that we believe going to church on Sundays is enough. We forget that Jesus is the Bread of life, in the same way we eat food every day to satisfy our flesh, we need the bread of life (Jesus and the Word of God) to nourish our spirit. Prayer and reading the Word are some of the ways to cultivate a deep relationship with God. Another problem is that we distance ourselves from God by only knowing him as God and not regarding him as our Father. That change in mindset really makes the difference. Knowing God as our Father means that we desire to talk to him through prayer because we know the importance of daily communication. We desire to bring honor to his name by ...

Genesis 22 vs 1 - 2 (NKJV): 1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham , and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I tell you." One of the many things I struggled with in the past was selective reading. I would read the Bible and misunderstand so much, leading me to have a lot of confusion when it came to God. The day I started praying before going into the Word was such a gamechanger and I recently understood why.  The Bible was written by people that were led by the Holy Spirit so definitely, if we read it without the help of the Holy Spirit, confusion is bound to arise. Without the wisdom, knowledge and understanding that we can only receive from the Holy Spirit, we are reading from the flesh. That right there is the problem, I was reading words wri...