How to Have a Personal Relationship With God

How to have a personal relationship with God means fellowshiping, loving, and trusting God. How to have a personal relationship with God also means to know him and to be known by him. It’s much more than just going to church or even reading our Bibles. We were created for relationship with God. In fact, it’s our primary purpose in life

How to have a personal relationship with God simply means communicating with God and it is the most rewarding thing one can do. God offers his friendship freely to all, but many people reject it because they think it means “religion”. Having a relationship with God is simple, just as any friendship should be. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16) — then you and your friends can know — enough to prove God is real for yourself and then bless the whole world with God’s love.

Things that will help you to be Focused on God

Steps on how to have a personal relationship with God

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Read and study the Bible as a personal books and letters, all from God to you.[1] To get to know God, you must first listen to what He has to say. Start from the beginning with the book of Genesis and gradually read your way through the end of the book of Revelations. Alternatively, you might start with the book of John to gain understanding of the story of Christ, and how he provided for your life in God. He finished the Plan of Salvation so that no one should be lost or alone, but that all should walk in new life in Christ.

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Trust and believe in God. Realize that God loves you with all His being, and that He wants to help you walk through life by walking with Him, in everyday life and in your Spirit and remember he is always with you.[2]

How to Be with God

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Love God and put His Will before everything else. The greatest commandment in the law is to love God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:35-38). To love God is to keep His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous (1 John 5:3). Hereby we do know that we know him: if we keep His commandments. He that saith, “I know Him”, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked (1 John 2:3-6). Moreover, Jesus said, If ye love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15). He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him (John 14:21). If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in His love (John 15:10).

How to Stay Close to God Even when Nobody Else Is

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Love thy neighbor as thyself. (Lev 19:18) Jesus said that this is the second greatest commandment like unto the first commandment to love God, and upon these two commandments hang all the laws and prophets. (Matthew 22:39-40) To strengthen our relationship with others is to strengthen our relationship with God.
Honour your father and mother, that your days may be long upon the earth. (Ex 20:12)

Do not kill (Ex 20:13)

Do not commit adultery (Ex 20:14)

Leave some fruits of your harvesting for the poor to glean. (Lev 19:10)

Do not steal. (Lev 19:11)

Do not cheat (deal falsely). (Lev 19:11)

Do not lie. (Lev 19:11)

Do not swear falsely, to profane God’s name. (Lev 19:12)

Do not curse the deaf or put a stumblingblock before the blind. (Lev 19:14).

Do not judge unrighteously. Neither respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness judge thy neighbour. (Lev 19:15)

Do not gossip or spread rumours. (Lev 19:16)

Do not hate your brother in your heart. (Lev 19:17) According to Jesus, this is the same as murder. (Matt 5:21-22)

Do not avenge or bear grudges against your neighbours. (Lev 19:18)

Do not covet thy neighbour’s house, thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (Ex 20:17)

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Repent of your sins, ask Him to forgive you of all your sins, and mean it well. To repent is to feel genuine sorrow for your sins and to desire to sin no more. If you continue to take pleasure in sinful acts, it is not genuine repentance.
“For All Have Sinned and Come Short of the Glory of God”. (Romans 3:23)
According to Christianity Jesus as Savior is considered a gift from God and, he allowed himself to be whipped and to die for you so that you could receive the comforter which is the gift of the Holy Spirit “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” (John 16:6, see also John 14:26)

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Be in an attitude of prayer and thankfulness while praising God and blessing others at all times.

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Ask God to give you the Holy Spirit and change you and mold you into whom he wants you to be. Be baptized for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38).[3]

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Receive the Holy Spirit. Know that when you receive the Holy Spirit that you are His child and that you will go and live with Him forever when you leave this earth one day.

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Commit your ways to the Lord, trust him to guide your path, and walk therein. Seek for things to happen in God’s way and time, not yours. Get started, be patient to learn and serve, and your faith will grow.[4]

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Tell others about God.[5] “Seek his Kingdom first and everything else will be added!” Spend time with God, think on Him and the things of Him, and seek His will–to do it. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (Matt 5:14)

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Renew your mind as a Christian to do God’s will. (Romans 12:2) You must renew it with the Word of God. Set aside personal time with God to read the Bible every day or at night before you go to bed — for example, read these verses: II Cor 5:7, Jn 13:34-34, Jn 14:6,23,26,27 Jn 10:10, Phil 4:13,19, Eph 1:3, I John 2:27, Isaiah 24:3 Jn 6:27, Eph 6:10, Hebrews 10:16-17. Meditate and reflect upon God’s word and pray regularly for his guidance in your daily life.
of your day to invest in reading and memorizing Scripture, prayer, and journaling about your faith. Consider becoming part of a community in which you pray and worship with others who share your faith and provide mutual encouragement to focus upon God. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, look for a place of Christian service.