God - Our Best Friend - Part 2

We are on God's mind all the time. He's always thinking about us.

I spoke last week of God's longing to be our best friend. This week I want to encourage you to continue building your friendship with God.

We do that by sharing everything with Him. He wants to be included in everything we do.

When we invite God to be part of everything, we find that everything we do can be 'spending time' in His presence if we remain aware of Him.

God is with us all the time. Once we get a hold of that fact we can be in constant communion with Him.

Like Brother Lawrence we can learn to practice the presence of God. It is possible to be more and more aware of our friend and Father through the day. We can train ourselves to remember that God is always with us and wants to be part of all we do.

Make a point of talking with God constantly through the day. Talk to Him about everything, share your thoughts with Him and listen for His replies.

Ask yourself what you can do to remind yourself to think about God more and talk to Him constantly.

Whatever it is, plan to do it.

Growing friendship with God is a choice.

Ask yourself:

How much do I want it?
Is it worth the effort of developing new habits?

I reminded you last week that God promised the captives in Babylon that when they got serious about finding Him and wanted it more than anything else, He would make sure they weren't disappointed.

Is anything more important than developing an intimate friendship with God?

What will you do to make sure you grow closer to Him?

Take time to stop and think about it.
What one thing will you begin doing today to ensure that your friendship with God grows?

Write it down where you'll see it and make sure you do it.
He's worth it.

Next week we're going to start looking at the different ways that God speaks to us and how we can tune in to hear Him more clearly.

This week's free offering is 'Adventures in God' by John G Lake.
If you e-mail me and put 'Adventures in God' in the subject line, I'll send you a PDF file of the book.

Adventures in God, is a collection of stories telling of his adventures with God. His story will challenge you to reach a new level in your own spiritual walk.

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