Suffering There are times in all our lives when we go through trials: illness, rejection, abuse, death of a loved one, or loss of a dream, just to name a few. When such things happen, it can be diffic

Embracing Gods Boundaries In our connection to God and fully seeking to respond to his love for us, we now come to the concept of embracing the boundaries he sets for us. Weve discussed morality as

Valuing God In taking up this section on valuing God, something a friend of mine once said to me comes to mind, God cant be a priority. Her point was that he is all; he is the only priority. Consid

Knowing God Knowing God is crucial. Weve already been discussing connection to God and mostly its been about who he is and how he is toward us. We see he is personal, knows us perfectly, desires fo

Openness with God The human body is made up of about seventy percent water. Water is necessary for healthy energy levels and flushing toxins and plays a key role in the proper functioning of our whole

Gods Openness The God of the entire universe, who is all-knowing and all-powerful, is open in relating to us. One of my favorite scripture verses is from the short little book Baruch, Blessed are we

God Provides Boundaries The reason we started with the concept of connection to God was so we could have a clear understanding of the fact he is with us, knows us intimately, values us for who we are

Prayer Personal prayer is essential to internalizing the radical, profound intimacy the living God wants to experience with us. His love for us is infinite. It might be easy to read the last line and

Valued by God Gods love for us is unlike any other. As covered in the previous section, God created us and so knows us and loves us intimately. Now consider he does so knowing he will always be givin

Known by God As we begin to take a look at our connection to the Lord, we start with the fact that he deeply and personally knows us. Ideally, we would have had a sense of being known (seen and heard