How to Spend Time with God

How can you really know a God you can’t see? Aren’t relationships a two-way street?

God created us, loves us and wants to be our friend but there’s a problem. Our sin separates us from Him—a holy God.

The Good News is that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins so He could have a personal relationship with us. The Bible says in 1 Peter 3:18, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God…”

Getting close to the One who loves you most isn’t as hard as it may seem. Billy Graham, a preacher known and respected by Christians and non-Christians around the world, explained it this way:

Think of a human friendship: How do we grow closer to someone on a human level? The most important way is by spending time with them—talking with them, listening to them, sharing your concerns with each other, and even helping them when they need our help.

And the same is true with God. When we read or hear His Word, the Bible, He speaks to us. When we pray, we speak to Him. And when we worship Him and obey Him, we are doing His will and participating in His work.

Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder.

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
—Jeremiah 29:13