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May 8, 2013 · Lesson 9: Knowing God More Deeply (Ephesians 1:15-17) A. W. Tozer begins his classic, The Knowledge of the Holy [Harper & Row], p. 9) with this provocative sentence: “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”. He goes on to argue (ibid.), “We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward ...
Knowing God more deeply was not the privilege of only a few luminaries in the Old Testament. God called all of His people to know Him personally and love Him supremely with heartfelt devotion. He called Israel to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deut. 6:5).
Feb 18, 2022 · The key to truly knowing God is found in what God has revealed about Himself in the Bible. He wants to be known (see Acts 17:27). The problem is our sinfulness. We are all sinful (Romans 3), and we fall short of the standard of holiness required to commune with God. We have “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like ...
- What Does It Mean to Have Knowledge of God?
- Intellectual
- Experiential
- Spiritual
- 5 Ways to Grow Our Knowledge and Understanding of God
- You Must Spend Time in The Word
- You Must Spend Time in Worship
- You Must Spend Time in Prayer
- You Must Spend Time Learning from Others
- You Must Depend on The Holy Spirit
To have knowledge is to have facts, information, or awareness of something or someone. When we have knowledge of God, we understand his nature, his character, and who he is. This process of growing your knowledge and understanding of God will require you to engage with God on three different levels.
Whether you realize it or not, growing in understanding of God starts out as an intellectual pursuit. We must engage our minds because it is there where we process information that helps us begin to understand who God is. Sometimes, connecting our minds doesn’t seem very spiritual, but it is and most importantly it starts the process. Jesus even co...
The second level where we engage with God is experiential. Part of growing in understanding of God is not just learning facts and information; you must experience who he is. When you experience who God is, it takes the facts that you have learned and it makes them come alive. They move from the place of just being words to becoming life to you.
The third level we engage God is spiritual, and this is where true fellowship and communion with God happens. While it involves our mind as part of the experience, we commune with God in relationship when our spirit connects with his spirit. I want to stress it’s the combination of these things together that sets the stage for you to understand mor...
How do we move this from a theoretical exercise to practical action steps? For as long as I have been saved and for all the different ideas and suggestions out there, I keep coming back to these steps as the only way you really can grow and know God more.
It is impossible to grow in your knowledge and understanding of God if you neglect his word. God carefully crafted his word over 1500 years and within it he reveals who he is. If you want to know more of who he is, it will require that you spend time reading the Bible. I know this first way is not very revolutionary and it may even seem basic, but ...
As I mentioned earlier, knowing God can begin as an intellectual pursuit, but it cannot stay there. One of the beauties of reading the Bible is that it positions you to get revelation of who God is. Revelation is that point where what you know intellectually comes to life as if the truth of who God is leaps off the pages. When this happens, this le...
One of the byproducts of worship is that it can increase your faith because as God gets bigger in your eyes so does your faith. That’s why I always recommend people begin their time of prayer with worship because it will help your prayer life. Prayer is the place where your communion happens. It is where your spirit connects with God’s spirit, and ...
One of the beautiful things about our journey of faith is that we don’t walk this journey alone. There are many testimonies of those who walk with us and those who have walked before us which can help us learn more of who God is. One of the best ways to learn of God’s faithfulness is to hear of it in the lives of others. In the old days we called t...
As great as all these steps are, the Holy Spirit is the glue that makes it all work. Without him, then these are just great suggestions. There is no desire to read the word without the Holy Spirit. There is no understanding of who God is or any revelation without the Holy Spirit. There is no real depth in prayer without the Holy Spirit. He is criti...
Jun 23, 2023 · 5 Ways to Get to Know God More. 1. Pray and meditate: When we communicate with God through prayer, we can express our thoughts and feelings and seek God’s encouragement and guidance. Prayer is ...
There are several crucial reasons why this is so. The Bible Commands It. First, the Bible commands believers to know God. Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth (Psalm 46:10). The Lord said to King Solomon. And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind ...
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Jan 24, 2022 · The more we know and understand the whole Bible, the more our trust grows—even in the hard parts. The more we know God’s Word, the more we will trust it. Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, L ORD. —Psalm 9:10. 2. Trust: The more we trust God, the more we’ll obey Him.
