The
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
notes by Pat Krabacher
12. Developing your friendship with God
A. He offers his
friendship to the godly.
Prov 3:32(NLT)
Draw close to God,
and God will draw close to you.
(NLT)
B. You are as close to God as you choose to be.
If you want a deeper,
more intimate connection with God you must learn
to honestly share
your feelings with him, trust him when he asks you to
do something, learn
to care about what he cares about,
and desire his friendship
more than anything else
To be God‘s friend,
you must be honest to God, sharing your true feeling,
not what you think
you ought to feel or say. . .
Bitterness is the
greatest barrier to friendship with God.
True friendship isn’t
passive; it acts. . . .
We are often challenged
to do “great things” for God.
Actually, God is
more pleased when we do small things for him out of loving obedience.
To be a friend of
God, you must care about all the people around you whom God cares about.
Friends of God tell
their friends about God.
Pain is the fuel
of passion - - it energizes us with an intensity to change we normally
don’t possess.
C.S. Lewis said,
“Pain is God’s megaphone.” It is Gods way of arousing us from spiritual
lethargy.
To re-ignite passion
for God start asking God to give it to you,
and keep on asking
until you have it.
Pray this throughout
your day:
“Dear Jesus, more
than anything else, I want to get to know you initmately.
C. Point to Ponder:
I‘m as close to
God as I choose to be.
Verse to remember:
Draw close to God,
and God will draw close to you.
James 4:8a
Question to Consider:
What practical choices
will I make today in order to grow closer to God?
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