I realized I needed to make a change in my life. However, let me say here THAT MANY CHRISTIANS READ THEIR BIBLEDAILY, BUT DO NOT HAVE A REAL, INTIMATE, PERSONAL, PASSIONATE, RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. I decided that I was going to have a time with God daily. Near the plant I was working was a park. I had an hour for lunch. Kim fixed me a sandwich daily and I went to the park for lunch. I parked my car under a tree and while I was eating my lunch, I listened on the radio to a Bible teacher, who helped me immensely. He helped me to understand some things I did not know. After about 10 to 15 minutes, I would turn off the radio and begin to pray. I would ask God to show me if there was any sin that stood between Him and me that day. God, the Holy Spirit would speak to my spirit and show me my sin. I would confess that sin and turn from it. Then I would ask God to speak to me and give His message to me that day. As I would read, God would minister to my heart. Many times the Holy Spirit would stop me in my reading and show me a truth and speak to my heart about that truth. Many times, I would weep over that truth and thank God for showing it to me. God’s Word came alive for me. I would ask God what he wanted for me and what He wanted me to pray about. The relationship between God and I became intimate, personal, and passionate. I began to grow by leaps and bounds. I devoured my Bible. I looked up the meaning of the words and God continued to minister to me. In that car, under that tree the God of the universe changed my life. It started me toward the development of an intimate, personal, and passionate relationship with the Saviour. I look back on that time and the Lord was gracious in so many ways to me. Virtually, the Holy Spirit of God taught me and I am forever grateful. It energized my Christian life which up to then in the first year had been miserable. As I have studied down through the years, I now want to share some very important truths with you about that relationship that I have learned about having been saved 39 years. I have been preaching and teaching the Bible for more than 34 years. I had tried to read the Bible before, but failed to get much from it. Many of God’s people seek to read their Bible daily. It is important to understand that the Bible is not an information book - it is a book for TRANSFORMATION. And be not conformed to this world: but BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND..., Romans 12:2. There it is folks, that word TRANSFORMATION. God wants your life to be TRANSFORMED. He wants it to be changed, and to develop a real relationship with Him. -TC
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:10:34 +0000
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