How to develop a personal relationship with God?

How to develop a personal relationship with God?

 In this world where majority of the people live a life without any personal relationship with God, I appreciate your desire to gain a personal relationship with God. I will explain very simply and clearly how to develop a personal relationship with God.

 To develop a personal relationship with anyone, the two most important things are,

To know about the person: If you want a relationship with a person, you want to know the true details about that person such as his likes and dislikes, character and behaviour, name and details, past, present and future life and acts.

To talk to that person: Even if you know the complete biography of a person and don’t ever talk to that person, you will never be able to develop a relationship with that person. Since the day you start talking, a relationship will begin and the more you talk with him, the more you will become closer to him.

 To develop a relationship with God is the same as to develop a personal relationship with anyone else.

 To know about God: To know about God, the best thing you can do is to start reading the bible which can give you all the details about God such as, who is God, where is He and how can we access Him, what are his likes and dislikes, how other people developed a relationship with God, how to please him, the past, present and future about God and His acts.

 So as a first thing, you start to read bible from today with a commitment that you will read at least 5 chapters of the bible in an order, everyday without compromising. To know, How to read bible and what to read? Click here.

 To talk to God: To talk to God is another word to pray. Everyday you spent not less than 15 minutes talking to God about whatever is coming to your heart. Tell him your desire to know Him more and to develop a personal relationship with Him and ask Him to help you. Tell him about the situations you are going through, your wishes and tell what you want Him to do in your personal life, family, profession or business.

 If you can talk to God everyday within a while, you will be able to see the favor and blessings of God in many areas of your life. You will gradually start to hear what God is speaking to you and will also be able to sense the presence and protection of God in your life. To find many points to pray, Click here.

 You may wonder how long it may take to develop this personal relationship?

From my experience by helping lot of people to get closer to God, I would say it will take normally from 3 months to 6 months depends on how strong is your desire, commitment and dedication to know God. If you can read bible and pray 90% of 6 months for yourselves with a sincere desire, I can guarantee that you will assuredly develop a personal relationship with God and will experience and encounter God in your life.

Yahweh, I ask you that this person who read this will make a commitment today and may succeed in developing a very intimate personal relationship with you. In Yeshua’s name. Amen!

To Pray or To Conquer

Prayer is a great method God has placed for us to submit our supplications before Him and to receive our needs. But prayer cannot give answer for all our needs because there are also things God want us to obtain by conquering.

It's quite easy to receive things by prayer because it is like spoon feeding and it's quite difficult to receive things by conquering because we need fight using our power and strength to conquer something. Learning to achieve things by prayer increase our faith, but learning to achieve things by conquering make us warriors. 

After all it's all a part of training by God. A perfect example for this is God leading the Israelites from Egypt. To lead the Israelites from Egypt, God heard their prayer. But in order to acquire the promised land, God wanted Israelites not to pray, but to conquer.

Lack of wisdom and understanding sometimes prevent people of God from realizing when to pray and when to conquer. Basically in order to receive things from God we need to pray. It is simply because it is not practical to conquer and achieve something from God like what Jacob did. Also our God is so good and gracious to answers to those who ask Him. It is clear from the words of Jesus, Matthew 7:11 "how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"

But what about the things which is not under the superior control of God or in other words things God has released or given permission to us to go and get by conquering. A perfect example for this is Israelites conquering their promised land, given/released by God for them by war.

Likewise today God has given the permission and authority to conquer our rights, blessings, freedom and healings from all rulers, authority, power and dominion, of this dark world. By the way, the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:4)

Our weapons are,

Prayer: To pray and pray until you receive it.

Word of God: Use the word of God to pray and command until you receive the answer.

Name of Jesus Christ: Command in the name of Jesus Christ for your need to be released, to remove everything that is blocking your blessing and to change the adverse situations.

Proclaim: Proclaim to yourselves, others, air, situations, angels and devil what you believe with boldness.

Believe: Believe and believe that all the activities you do by faith will change the situations and hold on to what you believe and proclaim even on adverse situations.

Never Give Up: If you decided to receive something by conquering, never ever give up. Go forth until you receive it.

To Whom Should We Pray?

To Whom Should We Pray?; Who do we pray to, the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?

Answer:

Without knowing to whom we are praying is like talking to a crowd without specifying the person. It is very important to know to whom we are praying and, to pray to whom we have to pray. Praying unlike is also a disobedience to God's commandments when bible makes it clear to whom and how we should pray.

Today people pray to Heavenly Father, Son of God and to Holy Spirit without knowing whom to pray. In bible, Jesus Christ makes it very clear that we should pray only to our Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ. No one person, No where in the bible prayed unlike that. 

Jesus Christ taught us in Matthew 6:6, When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Again, In Mat.6:9, “This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,...."

Jesus Christ is telling us why we should pray in His name in John 14:13, And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

We can also use the following Names of our Heavenly Father when we pray.

• Abba: "Father" (Mark 14:26; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6)
• El Shaddai: All Sufficient God (Rev. 1:8;  Gen. 17:1)
• El Elyon: The Most High God (Heb. 7:1; Gen. 14:20; Psalm 9:2)
• Elohim : God (2 Cor. 9:7)
• Avinu Shebashamayim: Our Heavenly Father (Matt. 6:9; Luke 11:2)
• Adonai Elohim: The LORD God (Acts 3:22; Gen. 2:4)
• Haggo'el: Lord God Almighty; Lord God of Hosts (Rev. 15:3)

NB: Only major names of Heavenly Father from bible are listed.

Praying to Jesus Christ:

It is very common for all of us(including me) to have a tendency to pray to the Son of God, Jesus Christ because of our love towards our savior who died on the cross for us. But the Better way to show our love towards Jesus Christ is to obey His commandment by praying to God, the Heavenly Father in Jesus Christ name. Because Jesus Christ said in John 14:23 "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching."

Some people confuse us with the oneness of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But even when they are one, throughout the bible we can see that the supremacy goes to the Heavenly Father. Some people even says that the difference between Jesus Christ and Heavenly father was only before the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Absolutely No!. It is clear that  
Jesus Christ, Son of God gave supremacy to Heavenly Father even after resurrection from His own words in Revelation  3:12, 'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.'

Praying to Anybody else:

Praying to Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ is the only method bible teaches us. Jesus Christ also clearly mentioned that, (Matthew 11:27) "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." If No one else knows the Father other than the Son, there is no other name than Jesus Christ in which we can pray to God.

A sample prayer:

'Heavenly Father, I pray to You that all people who read this article can understand to whom they should pray and the importance of praying to You in the name of Jesus Christ. Please give them the heart to pray likewise. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray.' Amen!

Click Here to read the Prayer Points for Beginners.

Dedicating this answer to the questioner, Ann Vincent.

Prayer Points for Beginners

Prayer Points for Beginners

1. Pray these prayer everyday for that that particular day. Do not pray for tomorrow, for a week, a month, a year, a decade, at once.
2. Pray to the Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ.
A Sample Prayer: 'Heavenly Father, I pray to you to bless me and prosper me in my spirit, mind and body. Thank you for hearing my prayer. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.' Amen!

List of Prayer Points

Thank God: Thank God, Lord Almighty, for the following things one by one.

1. For Creating you, 2. For Protecting you, 3. For Nurturing you, 4. For Guiding you, 5. For Loving you, 6. For Caring you, 7. For Healing you 8. For Jesus, 9. For Holy Spirit, 10. For Word of God, 11. For Helping you, 12. For Understanding you, 13. For All things Happened in your Life, 14. For Yesterday, 15. For Today, 16. For Life, 17. For Health, 18. For Wealth, 19. For Land/Property, 20. For Goodness, 21. For Peace, 22. For the opportunity to know God, 23. For Parents, 24. For Brothers/Sisters, 25. For Husband/Wife, 26. For Children, 27. For Family, 28. For Relatives, 29. For Food/Water, 30. For Clothes, 31. For Shelter, 30. For Friends, 31. For Teachers, 32. For Neighbors, 33. For Job/Salary/Income, 34. For Education, 35. For God’s Grace and Mercy (+ Things you Remember)

Repent for Your Sins: Repent for any sins you remember, you committed. Confess before God your sin; Apologize to God; Make Decision and pray for God’s strength to not commit the sin again and to remove Guilt; Thank God for forgiving.

(Adultery, Angry, Bitterness, Boasting, Complaining, Disobedience, Dishonesty, Envy, Fornication, Getting Drunk, Greediness, Hatred, Jealousy, Judging, Dishonesty, Laziness, Lying, Lusts, Pride, Mischief, Mocking, Murmuring, Rebellion, Selfishness, Smoking, Stealing, Taking Drugs, Unforgiving, Unthankful, Wickedness) (+ Sins you remember you committed)

Pray For Yourselves:

1. To Bless you and prosper your Spirit, Mind & Body, 2. To Protect you and Family from all Dangers, Evil, Sins, etc., 3. To Bless your Job, Finance, Assets, Income sources, 4. To help you to be Faithful, Fruitful, 5. To get a Loving, Compassionate, Helping Heart, 6. To help you lead a good life before God and Men, 7. To be a witness of Jesus Christ, 8. To get the Guidance and Advice of God in everything you do, 9. To bless and to take care of your future, 10. To grow in your relationship with God, 11. To obey God and God’s commandments 12. To Realize and to do Will of God, 13. To get a right life partner, 14. To Bless you with Knowledge and Wisdom, 15. To Bless you in the Ministry you are Involved, 16. To remain in Faith, 17. To provide you the daily bread, Shelter, Clothes etc. 18. To help you love God with all your heart, mind and spirit, 19. To get more of Holy Spirit, 20. To lead a Holy Life and to stay away from Sin.

Pray for a Prayer Life:
1. To teach you how to pray, 2. to give you things to pray, 3. To pray the will of God, 4. To pray from the word of God and to pray with word of God, 5. To pray the things according to the will of spirit of God, 6. To pray without ceasing and getting tired, 7. To pray in the Spirit and in the Truth, 8. To pray good Spiritual and Material things.

Prayer Regarding Bible:

1. To help you read bible Regularly without Fail, 2. To help you find Enjoyment in Reading word of God, 3. To Understand what you are Reading, 4. To Realize the inner Truths and Mysteries in bible, 5. To know the Will of God and to do the Will of God, 6. To Get good vision to read the bible, 7. To read bible many times, 8. To study the word of God, 9. To pray before reading, 10. To hear God Speaking through the Bible, 11. To Bless your Bible Reading.

Pray for Your Church:

1. To Bless your Church with Souls, 2. To Bless all the activities happening in your church, 3. To Bless all the services in Church, 4. For Strength and Faith for the Ministers, Pastors, Evangelists, etc., 5. For newcomers to repent, 7. For repented to be saved, 8. For saved to be Baptized, 9. For Baptized to be Spiritually Baptized 10. For Anointed to be Appointed and to be Fruitful, 11. For believers to be dedicated, 12. To meet the financial needs of Church, 13. To send ministers all over the world from your Church. 13. For the Blessings of your Spiritual Brothers and Sisters, 14. For keep your church to stick on the word of God and Spirit of God, 15. For the Worship Team, Prayer Team, Counseling Team, Ushering Team, etc.

Prayers Jesus Christ Asked Us to Pray:

1. To send out laborers into His harvest. (Matthew 9:38) 2. For the flight of Jews may not be in winter. (Mark 13:18) 3. For ourselves to be counted worthy to escape all the things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36) 4. To not enter into temptation. (Luke 22:40)
Lord, All in Jesus Christ name I pray. Amen!

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