“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf toContinue reading “Thinking of God instead of experiencing God”
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Experiencing God’s love
It’s not about finding ways to avoid God’s judgment and feeling like a failure if you don’t do everything perfectly. It’s about fully experiencing God’s love and letting it perfect you. It’s not about being somebody you are not. It’s about becoming who you really are. Stormie Omartian
Experience and enjoy the wonder of God
“The more you rely on intellectual and philosophical concepts of God, the more difficult it becomes to simply experience and enjoy the wonder of God.” ― Mac MacKenzie
Bible study without Bible Experience
“Bible study without Bible experience is pointless. Knowing Psalm 23 is different from knowing the shepherd.”― Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
One of the most challenging aspects
“One of the most challenging aspects for those who are seeking to find the God of their understanding for the first time is His formlessness. It can be difficult to believe in, and connect with, something that cannot be seen. Perhaps this is because although God is in all things He is felt and experiencedContinue reading “One of the most challenging aspects”
Knowing about God
“There’s a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. Knowing about God is all of the stuff we’ve been told and all of the books we’ve read and all of our religious experiences and what others have told us and tried to convince us of. But knowing God is when we make conscious contact.”Continue reading “Knowing about God”
knowing God on Earth
“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!” —-Jim Elliot
You never know God is all you need…
“You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.” — Rick Warren
The presence of God
“We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and “around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.” — Thomas Keating
Heaven on earth
“To know God’s love is indeed heaven on earth.” J. I. Packer
