Knowing Him Intimately
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The document discusses knowing God intimately and pursuing Him. It states that knowing God intimately means knowing who He is, His heart, His ways, and His power. The document provides reasons to know God intimately, including gaining strength and fruitfulness. It explains that to know God intimately one must pursue Him passionately, wholeheartedly, intently, earnestly, sacrificially, and expectantly. Scriptures are referenced throughout to support pursuing and knowing God intimately.
Knowing Him Intimately
- 2. To know God intimately... ...is to KNOW WHO HE IS ...is to KNOW HIS HEART ...is to KNOW HIS WAYS ...is to KNOW HIS POWER
- 3. KNOWING GOD INTIMATELY IS A JOURNEY WE MAKE
- 4. WHY SHOULD WE KNOW HIM INTIMATELY?
- 5. WHY SHOULD WE KNOW HIM INTIMATELY? #1) STRENGTH COMES THROUGH KNOWING HIM INTIMATELY Daniel 11:32 …but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
- 6. WHY SHOULD WE KNOW HIM INTIMATELY? #2) FRUITFULNESS COMES THROUGH KNOWING HIM INTIMATELY John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
- 7. TO KNOW HIM WE MUST PURSUE HIM
- 8. TO KNOW HIM WE MUST PURSUE HIM Jeremiah 29:12-13 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
- 9. #1) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM PASSIONATELY Psalm 63:1-3 1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
- 10. #2) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY Mark 12:29-30 29 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
- 11. #3) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM INTENTLY Psalm 27:4,8 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. 8 When You said, "Seek My face," My heart said to You, "Your face, LORD, I will seek."
- 12. #4) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM EARNESTLY John 4:23-24 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
- 13. #5) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM SACRIFICIALLY Matthew 14:22-23 22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.
- 14. #6) TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, PURSUE HIM EXPECTANTLY Hosea 6:3 Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
- 15. TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY PURSUE HIM PASSIONATELY WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTENTLY EARNESTLY SACRIFICIALLY EXPECTANTLY