10 Ways to Get Closer to God
- Stop running from him
- Sit and wait for him
- Turn around and run toward him
- Realize he is everywhere
- Quit being afraid and talk to him
- Shut up and listen to him
- Ask for forgiveness
- Forgive others
- Ask for him to save me
- Give my life to him
Your site is very informative and I am a believer in Jesus
i want to get closer.
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I love my Lord Jesus Christ. Without him we all would be nothing. I think him everyday for the beat in my hear and the air in my lungs…Shew do I love HIM..God Bless…
i am a trucker that loves jesus very much, but sometimes i just do not feel worthy enough that i can talk tohim. but i do know nomatter whatm that he is there and listening. thank you jesus
This website was very useful. I believe that with the lord no weapon formed against us shall prosper. He is my light and my salvation.
without jesus i would be a lost sheep
I get closer to God by praying to him, singing to him,reading my bible and thanking him for all he has done in my life. I would now like to spend more time with him by thoroughly reading my bible and studing the word clearly.
Getting close to God is easy. All you have to do is want to spend time with Him just like you would your best friend or your spouse. God loves your time with Him and will bless you amazingly for spending that time with him. It took me many years to make the “sacrifice” of spending time with Him. When I finally made the commitment I realized it was not a sacrifice at all. I love spending time with God. It makes my day go smoother, makes me think clearer, and makes me more patient with my children and others around me.
I spend time with God every evening. (I am not a morning person, but I hear that is better. I start with music and worshiping God, then I thank Him for all He has done. I spend time asking God for my needs and then I actually spend QUIET time with Him so that he can actually talk to me! ( I have been told a lot that when you are talking to me, you can’t get a word in edgewise LOL) So I give God time to talk to me.
Just spending quality non-multitasking time with Him everyday and reading His word is all it takes to get closer to God.
It took me about a month to get into the routine. Now that I do this on a daily basis, I am convinced that I am much more productive when I spend time with God.
I used a couple of different resources that helped me out a lot. Rev. Jeremy Mahurin’s book, The Secret Place, tells you not only WHY, but gives you step-by-step instructions on HOW. He also has a weekly devotional targeted specifically to getting close to God and staying that way. You can find all these resources at http://www.drawingcloser.org .
most times I dont feel worthy…why would God love “me”….? After being raped (a virgin) I got promiscuous and had an abortion…I have stayed on the straight road since then…i feel as if nothing I do will ever make me be forgiven.. yet I Long to go back to the very close relationshiop I always had with God. Jesus must be really tired of me. But I dont give up.. I still pray everyday and read the word…maybe one day?
no matter what.. i love the Lord with all my heart and soul.
My desir every day is to get closer to God. You are doing a good work thank you for supporting me.
My desir every day is to get closer to God and i have found the way through thi7 site. You are doing a good work thank you for supporting me.
I want to get closer to him
Hey I love this website!!!! I am a beloved in Christ Jesus. Just got home
from a mission trip!
I have sinned against God. I would like to come back to him and get closer to him more than ever.
why do I cry when we sing the chant at our Church,
HOLY,HOLY,HOLY.
I don’t know why, but this has been happening for the last two years.
God is good. Despite my many shortcomings, he keeps making a way. I am grateful for everything he’s done in my life, for my family, friends..I’m thankful for good health and no major tribulations in my life. I don’t ever remember a time that I wasn’t saved or didn’t know the Lord. I grew up in the church, and have pretty much remained there every since. However, my walk with the Lord has somewhat taken a stand still during my collegiate years, I still went to church just didn’t pray as much and now (i’ll admit) I forget! It’s a horrible feeling to ask myself did I pray yesterday and not be able to remember. I know he’s done so much for me to not at least say ‘THANK YOU’ everyday. I’ve been trying to read the Bible more often in hopes of getting closer to HIM. I’m trying to start just by reading at least one scripture or one passage a day..but at times the task just seems so daunting! I want to be more in love with the Lord, I want to be closer to him, but I don’t want it to feel like a task. Any suggestion???
God is love and wants us to love others. He want us to forgive others as he forgave us through Christ his son. Love one another and proclaim his words among the nation.
I believe in Jesus alot and that he is the great son of God. I want to be very close to Him. I have had dreams of seeing Heaven and hell and let every know that hell is real. but you can take a step and start believing in God and stop sin. We all need God in our lives to be save.
God bless you for the good work you are doing to bring His children back to He.
just to be close to you,just to be close to you,is my desire Lord!
I want to love the lord with all my soul but i am not yet completly saved. I am moved by worship and praise and just need to go that bit futher. So i can just be close to you, Lord. I love these songs they really help me when i am to busy to spend time with God, just singing along lifts your mood and deepens my connection with God i hope it does the sme to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3TbkAentU
i always feel am a sinner but i love jesus i pray i get more closer to him and feel better some day, thank u jesus
My Lord,Jesus,
You only pathway to God,
Thank You for dieing on the cross for my sin
Please repent my sin & my life,I want my life to life.
Please help me to protect bless me & family.
Fill each one us with Holy spirit to guided us.
Amen
i want to take me back and to help achive all what i suppose to have achieve for the past ten years that i have been working and schooling i have nothing good to show all my friends believe it all my fault but i always try to pray listen to the words of God but now please Lord teach me how to know u more i beg you my Lord i want to be where you are get more closer to you and to do your will i’m ready my Lord let me begin to feel you and see you now.thank you Lord
I REALLY WANT TO GET CLOSER TO GOD.
live with the word not by the word because the word of GOD is the GOD himself.
In response to the 2nd one… i dont think you are supposed to “sit and wait for Him”, the bible states that you should wait upon the Lord… but not in a sense of waiting as it sitting down and waiting on someone, more of the sense as a waiter serves a guest, be God’s waiter and serve Him.
i love *You with all my heart and soal!!:(
im 20 years old. i really wanna get close to God. i made a promise to him to stay a virgin till i was married, and i kept that promise till i turned 19 years old. I feel so ashamed and sooo bad about it, even though i only had one partner. I think about God alot, but it seems that i am distracted alot. i sin, we all do, but i havent had sex in about 3 weeks. i grew up listening and learning about god, for this new years (2011) i really wanna get close to God like i use to be, i dont wanna feel ashmaend anymore. i feel since i broke the promise, he is kinda upset with me, i shouldnt have ever made the promise( i was 16 at the time i made the promise). God is good, and his blood means soo much and im trynna learn the deeper verison of it all. I wanna give him my all the same way i give clothes or music or dancing my all. but even more because He deserves it and after this life is over, its either hell or eternity with the lord and i chose the Lord.
Thank god that he made us!we belive in him!for those who don’t care about him,think about him,talk to him,belive in him,and don’t love him they should be ashamed!god made us.if he didn’t we would all be nothing!love god don’t hate him.
I love god very much because he means a lot to everyone.he I s the biggest part of our lives.we should all love god and Jesus.thank them,talk to him and the most important thing to do is love them. I think of him every single day, I talk to him every single day. I love him more and more everyday. I would give him my life so he could be here to see all of us. Bless god.please leave a comment of what I said. Remember to love him,care for him, and love him!
Im want and am going to get closer with my Lord
i just love the lord so much i just want to get closer with him. i want to be use by him.
i love the lord so much just want to be close to him each and everyday.
Sometimes things are so much deeper then the surface. How do any one think it would feel to have grew up and learn that everything that you have been taught was full of crap? Well here is my short story, ” I didnt come from a home that went to chruch every sunday, but for some odd reason at such a young age I knew something was missing out my life and i tried to seek God. Although i found goodness in certain chruches that i thought at the time was the right place for me something just never added up for me when it came to the questions that i asked but never got the answer that satisified my soul or all the unanswered question that i figured no one could answer. Well after truly trying to seek him and going thur this thing called life I was 16 when i made up my mind and said i refuse to be a hypocrite so i will give the whole chruch thing a break and return when i was ready. At 23 i made my mind up a decided to give it a shot. I thought i found greatest place to become a member and thought i would be there until farther notice. But that was until i was introduced something new, something ive never heard before, something so true and i am the biggest believer now because its in plain english and every question ive ever had has been answered. Now im a member of The Israel of God and i would not trade what i know and what im learning in for my own life. So if you really want to be close to God and get to know him better and have him in your life read this message as the one to CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!! If anyone who gets a hold of this post and follow thur consider yourself as one the informed few. You can tune in during service if you dont reside in Chicago or feel comfortable enough to just show up, online on Saturdays 10a.m. service and 1:30pm service. Just to clear the raised eye brow if there is any this is not a Jehovah Witness or anything along that nature so check it out if you say you are serioius about it. Oh and make sure you have your bible with you because you are about to learn about our father straight from the book!!! GET THE TRUTH, RESPECT THE TRUTH, AND GROW FROM THE TRUTH!!!
Thanks alot guys for your inspiring contributios.this site is a spring board to firm belief in God and his marvels.
Prayer before reading Gods word is an indication that you want to talk and listen to GOD.
He will send the holly spirit to interprit the spiritual chapters you are reading so that you get to dynamically and intrestingly understand,how phisically,spiritully replenishing is his word.
Thank you and GODbless you!
MWESIGWA ERUS (04.03.2011)
i beilive that god is the one who care for us in all the world. but we forgot him and keep runnng from him. god is the one who loves us so always thank god.
im 19 and was saved at 16 i have back slide a couple time it hard to remain a god fearing christian in these times its expected for us to fall short of the glory we were born of the flesh but repent and ask for forgiveness and try not to make the same mistakes and your walk with god will become more intense and before you know it you will be hand in hand with the most beautiful being there ever was and will be
getting close to god is easy,staying close god is more difficult.with the hustle and bustle of everyday life,staying close to god requires commitment and dedication.starting your morning off with a conscious desire to draw close to god will ensure a full day of gods presence.god is always close to you,but is up to you to remain close to him..
I feel empty like theres nothing there.. I want closer and peace on my mind.. I just want to die and be in heaven.. I here voices all the time but they r different everytime.. I dont know what to do.. For i know god is coming real soon.. Sooner then we think and i want to do is get rite.. God father of everyone he created save me .. Rescue me out of this burning fire put it out with holy water or a holy blanket of love blessed by you help me god please save me.
Thank God for His mercy and protection. I love God so much but am finding it difficult to get close to Him, I no he will not let me down and he loves me also. I will continue to praise and honor His name because he is worthy to praised. What makes me love him so much is that, among the gods there none like him. I love you God and i know you me too. Amen.
i wanna be saved for GOD
Informed few, eh? Not making us followers of Christ look real good here
God i put all my trust in my life and everything i have comes from u.Please protect me from my enemies and tho who exploit me.
amen
hey matt these r nt only d ways to get closer to our father god d actual way is to read more and more bible and surrender ur live’s to him
im nt sayin these ways r wrong but dey r also correct but nt dat correct
I want to get closer to God and go to heaven.Please help me.
Life is nothing without Jesus.
May we ask for forgiveness and always showing us the right path in order not to be lost.
God my only Savior and Father.
I wanna pledge my life to God, I DESIRE to let him live in my heart, my soul and body! I wanna be a powerful vessel of God nd Spread the GOSPEL OF HIS GOOD, MAGNIFYING GLORY. GLORY to the father, the son and the Holy Spirit!
m a rich 17 year boy from wealthy family .. bt idont get very much attracted to things like enjoying,kidding,experimenting, love,sex and alot of thing in which other do in my age. i always feel this is rubbish , nd jst awaste. i have alot of attitude so i dont have friends. bcoz i feel myself different from them. i vant that some miracle happn in my life bt its not .. itry too meditate too bt didnt achieve till now .. i vant too se god. i want too feel himm
m not good at studies. still my parents give me evrything…
sometimes i feel like killing myself like to do suicide..
sometimes i thought its better dis world must destroys its ful;l of bad things more than good ones. now in typing too ihve so many things to tell bt in my mind its exisisting so much dat m confused dat vat to tell or not … i want too help helpless peoples nd every one out der who is good and sufferd a lot from his or her life wether its prostitute or else… vith the help of god .. plz guide me right way
Let me ask, how can you give your life to God and still have a life of your own? Do you have to spend every moment of every day worshipping Him? I do believe in Jesus and am trying to get closer to Him, so please do not think I’m trying to question your faith, it is a real question of mine.
The lord is everywhere in my heart
The Lord is everywhere in my path
He loves me
He guides me
He is the only light in my path
When i sleep,he sings the song
When i study,he sits with me
He loves me
He guides me
He is the only light in my path
When the sun comes,he give shade to me
When the rain comes,he will protect me
He loves me
He guides me
He is the only light in my path
I want to get closer to god…I really do. everytime I’m in church I almost cry. I don’t know why. I want god to be proud of me. everytime I get close…I end up sinning. I hate that. I want to get close to him and receive his blessing he has for me. I wanna go to heaven too.
I want to get closer to God, spirit but have a problem with the whole “Jesus” thing. I do not want to sound disrespectful, so please just take this as pure honesty. I have a problem with religion in general, esp. Christianity. I believe in spirit, God, or whatever you want to call it. Why do people always talk about Jesus and having to get closer to Jesus? Wasnt he just a person? I am confused…maybe I am doing this all wrong. I felt the presence of spirit once in my life which lasted about a month. I was undeniable….it was there with me, speaking to me. I was the most amazing month of my life but it is gone. How do you get it back and keep it?…without the dogma?
You most understand God isn’t a monster or else he wouldn’t of created you. He loves you know matter what. Does he frown upon you when you do wrong/sin …. yea! Just. Like your mom an dad. Does he love you unconditionally, YEs! ! When you make your move to bring yourself to the kingdom of God. You will have trials , bad days, insecurities. But walking in faith not by sight is the greatest, hardest thing that you will ever feel, at the same time the most rewarding. Prey when bad days come. An leave it in your God’s hands! God bless!
am 19 years old geting to 20. am a levite i was trained to love God. I love him like hell but i stil fall into sin am still a virgin but ma flash is taking control over me.. I have sin against God a whole lot in my thought and word but today Lord am so sorry. I want to be close to you. Help me find your way. Bring me back to you. Give me the strength to resist friends. I love you God. Yes, i do.
Through prayer, we get to talk to God. I believe spending more time praying seriously and asking to experience God in our lives will help us get closer. Remember God is holy and to experience Him more, we’ve also got to be holy.
Praise God for he is great & owner of ur soul.. Do U????? know that God could raise a stone if we refuse to praise & worship him?? Men if U????? are afraid to praise that means U????? don’t appreciate what he is doing for U?????.. Go to Otibhor or any other hospital, U????? will ????.?????? & know ? reason why you should praise ? lord… Uhm Glory b to God for my life.. Now praise ? lord…. !!!!
GOD I’m a sinner. Please give me the grace to overcome sin.
i want to repent and live a new life for christ.oh God help me
I REALY WANT 2 GET CLOSER 2 GOD BUT MY PROBLEM IS MY FELLING AND MY EMOTION I HAVE A GAIL FRIEND WHICH I INTEND 2 MARRY IN FUTURE BUT AM NW HEARING IT IS SIN 2 DO DAT AND I WANT 2 GO INTO ACTING IN LAGOS AND I ALSO HEAD it is a sin so i ned a beter advicer
I love God so much, but sometimes i find it hard to trust in him with all my heart. He has done so much for me, pulled me out of darkness and had kept me in times of tribulation. I think my problem is that i need to walk by my faith more and not by sight. God thoughts towards me are not of evil but of hope and a future. And that is the same for all of you. God Bless = )
thank yo so much for youre information about getting closer to god! i will try my best to follow them!
god s amazing to know him who is from the beginning. you know i started going to church in 2000 fairly young. over the years i wondered if he really existed until one day at 2 am when he poured his spirit upon me, thats when i saw that he really existed. since that time i have fallen many times , been sexual immoral but i have inclined my heart to seek him and to know him. he says call unto me and i will show you great and unsearchable things. what are this great and unsearchable things, daniel saw them when the future was revealed to him. do you want to know him ,find him.
i didnt believe in god for almost my age but now i am realising that he is there for all of us and i want to confess all my sins that i done….and my biggest sin is the same that i did not believe in that spiritual power…..forgive me my god…
I want to get more and more closer to God…i spend at least 30 mins for reading the bible and praying for another 30 mins! n i feel soo comfortable and like some1 is sitting next to me and listening to my prayers while there is no one in my room!! Lord, i know its You…i know You love more more then anyone else! Amen
Hi Austin, thanks for writing. Tough question so pardon if my reply is a bit awkward. Guess your definition of “worship” could be handcuffing you a bit. We’re supposed to worship God in all we do – that’s what we were created for. But is worship like what they say in church – “ok, now it’s a time of worship.”, or could I breathe the salt air in worship of God’s magnificence. Enjoy a hug from my wife as we reconcile a difference and worship God with a forgiving and repentant heart? Chew a great bite of hamburger and worship God for his provision for me? Enjoy stimulating conversation with a brother over coffee discussing the Lord’s grace and mercy in our lives (just came back from this, by the way)? Anything in life can be worship – it’s the direction of our heart.
Not sure your situation but here is what it came down to for me. I definitely don’t think about the Lord every minute of every day, but I don’t think God created me for him to be “out there” me to be “down here” and someday we’ll all get together and hopefully things work out. God created me to be in union with him throughout my day. Prayer becomes more of a running conversation and the more inclusion God has in my life, the better. How that actually plays out in my life ebbs and flows. I’m definitely a person who struggles with being too much in my own business. Fortunately God is faithful even when I’m not. Hopefully that helps with your question at least from my own experience.
Hi Sagarika – thanks. The article isn’t called “The only 10 ways to get closer to God”
Hi Vic – thanks for posting. re: getting it back – tricky. It’s pretty rare when I have that undeniable presence in my life but that doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong. Sometimes my unrepentant sin separates me from God. Other times it’s just because I’m not really listening (too busy). But other times, God sometimes stays quiet for what I guess is to build my faith. I don’t think he’s left me, just oddly quiet. Then it comes back around.
re: Jesus – not really “just a person”. He said some crazy things if he was just a person and wouldn’t be someone people could just call “A good teacher,” and leave it at that. Either God or completely insane/dangerous. Maybe just cruise through the book of John. Don’t focus on the “dogma” or whatever you think it is people are trying to press on you. Maybe just open a dialogue with God through an open heart and read through it – the book of John in the New Testament focuses much on the ministry of Jesus and written to those outside the church (vs some books like Matthew where it was an account of Jesus’ life written to the Jews in that area)
Thanks Matt
I will do that. As a matter of fact, I will do that tonight after work.
It is a tough thing, this faith. I wish I had it where it was just a part of my life with no question whatsoever. I am working on it.
I feel confused most times but can I tell you something?
About an hour ago, I was resting on my bed as I usually do before a long afternoon/evening of teaching. ( I am a teacher )…I quite often use this time to get in touch with spirit…or try to get that feeling back by meditating or watching videos etc.
Today, I decided to watch a video online which was Christian in nature. I never do this but did today.
Anyway, there was a lot of talk about Jesus so I decided to pray and ask for guidance for my confused self…a sign if you will.
Not long after, I had a message from you in my email. I could not even remember posting here…seems odd that I posted 3 months ago and hear back just after praying. Hmmmmm….I have a lot to think about.
Thanks Matt!
Jan 8th, 2011 at 5:43 am
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