LESSON ONE

Growing a Relationship with God

Aim:
Your picture of God may have become tainted or blurred; if so, pray for greater clarity as you study. You might be wondering how to refresh your devotional life (prayer and Bible study), or you might be pondering other areas that impact your relationship with God.

Prayer -- "Praying that the Holy Spirit will move upon us individually and as a worldwide church to draw us closer to God as never before. For surely there could be nothing more important than having a strong relationship with God."

Lesson One:

REALITY CHECK

Read for This Week?s Study: Rev. 3:14-22; Rev. 4:9-11; Gen. 2:7; Gen. 3:8-10; Jer. 31:3-4; John 15:1-11; Rom. 8:9-11

Memory Text: "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love" (John 15:9, NKJV).

The lesson asks us to evaluate our present relationship with God.
It then discusses principles that will draw us closer to God.

To help us evalute ourselves we are pointed to Revelation 3 which contains a letter from God describing the condition of the last day church.

Revelation 3:15-17 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because you are saying, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:



A rather serious picture --
The people in Christ's end time church are:
blind, wretched and miserable.
And worst of all we think we are the opposite, Not knowing our true condition.

But God has the solution!

Revelation 3: 18 - 20
Buy of Christ, gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness does not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that you may see....Repent, Christ is knocking upon our hearts door, open your hearts door and invite Jesus into your life!


We have just read the words of Christ to His last church.

How do follow the recommendation He gives?