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To Know God 💗

"To know God is to love God, to love God is to trust God, to trust God is to obey God, and to obey God is to be blessed" -Adrian Rogers 

Psalm 9:10 "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."

I enjoy very much listening to Bro. Adrian Rogers on my podcast app. Let me encourage you to download his podcasts! They have been such a blessing to me and for my walk with God. 
Bro. Roger's love for God is so evident in the sermons he preaches. You can tell just by the way he talks about God that he has a personal and close relationship with God. This quote from one of his sermons was SO eye opening for me. I never thought of my relationship with God this way before.  Bro. Adrian Rogers explained that you can't truly say you love a stranger, because you know nothing of that person to love them for. Just like we have reasons why we love those who we do know. He goes on to explain that once you know God you will love Him. When you love God you won't struggle in trusting Him, because you know who God is(through God's Word) and how faithful God is. When you trust God you will obey Him, because you trust God enough to know that obedience to Christ is bliss. There is no joy that can compare to serving God. There is fulfillment in that, and the best part is to be blessed by God for our obedience to Him. Who better to be blessed by? God knows our deepest desires! Only problem is, most people struggle getting past trust.
 I have struggled with trust in certain areas in my walk with God and this quote(up above) has shown me where the root of the problem is. It's simple. I have either lost sight of God in the midst of the storm(problems in life) and/or I'm not in God's Word enough. If I'm in God's Word, I'm striving to know Him more and if I know Him more..... I will trust Him, because I know Him enough to know of all the times He has delivered HIS people in God's Word(not even to mention my own life). 

If there is anything I wish to encourage people to do, it is to know God on a deeper level. To know God more. To open your bible not to just get knowledge or be able to prove a point to someone, but to ask God to help you know Him, so that you can truly say you love Him. If you're not careful in learning of God in His Word the world would be more than happy to give a distorted and terrible image of who God is not. Before you begin to pursue to know God through His Word. Please, let me encourage you to evaluate where you are at. You can not understand or have a relationship with Christ until you receive Him as your personal LORD and Saviour. If you would like to know of how you can begin this relationship and have forgiveness of sin, I have a post called, "Set Free" that gives the gospel of Jesus Christ and how you can become part of the family of God. 

This is just the introduction of what I hope to be able to post of some of the bible studies I have taken the ladies at my church through. I pray they are a blessing to you as they were and continue to be to me. 

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