Personal Relationship With God?

pwfaith · #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2005, 11:35 AM

What does it mean to have a personal relationship with God, in your own words?

matthew · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2005, 02:19 PM

Good question which i doubt i could ever give a full answer to no matter how much i tried.

A one-on-one initimate friendship and marriage where nothing is excluded (i hopefully tell God everything and share every part of my life with him). In fact it goes so much deeper than friendship but i cant think of the right word(s). Im not the greatest with words, if the right words do even exist. Im not convinced that the right words do exist as its much more than any human can express cause we will always be indepted for what Christ did for us on the cross and for God sending his son to die for us before we were even thought about by our parents so that we could be reconciled back to our Father.

Basically God means everything to me, without him i am nothing and i am delighted with that and wouldnt change it for anything. I know that is the same for everyone here.

God bless,

Matthew

Becky Beth · #3 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 04:25 PM

Matthew did a good job explaining.

tallchicksrule · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2005, 06:25 PM

ditto to what Matthew said

never have i thought of comparing it to marriage, but really it is such an intimate relationship i think that's accurate.

BahCal Mom · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 09:04 AM

Marriage is a good comparison and involves all those things mentioned. Intimacy, true friendship, complete honesty and openness, dialogue, obedience, submission, unity and one on one relationship, but oh so much more too. This daily, intimate walk also allows for my communion with the most High God who is also my Father. Awesome! So it's also a parent/child relationship and one of dependency for my very life soure. One where I trust Him completly for my life, as He holds my today and my tomorrow. One of love, respect and worship. A heart to heart and thought to thought communication where sometimes words are not even necessary to communicate with, and hear from the King. I can go on.... A personal lifetime adventure that touches my life daily and the lives of others through me as I make time for Him.

Crystal

Amcdo01 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 09:57 AM

In my own words, it is the foundation of my faith. Without it, I would just be memorizing & reading the Bible, spouting words of faith or being kind as being a Christian. But to me, knowing He is real, alive and loves me, and recalling all the answered prayers reinforce everything, that things will work out for the good, that He does love you, that questions you can't answer at the moment doesn't have to be answered or defined when you have the concrete evidence of that relationship. The peace that comes from being in that relationship is all I truly need, I can overcome anything if I'm feeling that peace, that content, that security, that love.
I told my husband the other day, if I weren't a Christian, I'd be on some heavy anti-anxiety medicines! Praying all these anxieties and problems I have, askign God to take control of them and then feeling that peace that He is in control, just allows me to feel so unburdened and go on with my life not worrying about what tomorrow brings. That relationship is what I say is the most important thing, not what church you go to, how much Bible reading you do, or anything else but that intimacy when you listen, talk and are heard and hearing what He says for you.

matthew · #7 (**permalink**) 10-27-2005, 11:53 AM

Its very well known and said that its a relationship not a religion (the only one and thats why is so different to all the others). Also we cant work for our salvation, there's nothing we can do to become saved except accept Christ as our saviour. Therefore because of it being a relationship we are meant to talk to Jesus casually like we would do with anyone else but as said it goes much deeper than that. Its parent/child, husband/wife, creator/created, master/servant. There are so many different aspects to it and we should and are expected to grow in each one and know God much deeper as we continue in our walk.

Without Christ i wouldnt have been able to get thru last christmas but slowly as the walk goes on it gets so much better and God is wonderful. Personally i cant see how a christian can be unhappy for a long time, i know we suffer and we all go thru long trials at times but life with Jesus is amazing. There is no reason to fear, God is faithful and will never leave us and will always help us thru as long as we trust in him. He is all we need for this life, everything else is secondary.

God bless,

Matthew

pwfaith · #8 (**permalink**) 10-27-2005, 12:11 PM

Its parent/child, husband/wife, creator/created, master/servant. There are so many different aspects to it and we should and are expected to grow in each one and know God much deeper as we continue in our walk.

I think that is very true. To look at it as only parent/child, or husband/wife, etc would be limiting and not offer a complete understanding. To me it is a mutal relationship just like any other in my life with a close family member or friend. We talk, laugh, cry, etc all the time. But it also goes deeper than that b/c it goes to a spiritual level no human relationship could compare to. Human relationships will result in hurt and disappointment, etc. At times I may feel hurt or disappointed by God but only b/c my own human inadiquacies, not b/c of anything he has or hasn't done. I enjoy knowing that God will never leave me or abandon me. I can trust him at his word to always want the best for me and never do me harm. He loves me like a Father perfectly, talks to me like a friend, created me out of love and saved me! What better relationship could one ask for?