It’s Not Possible to Believe, Love, Trust or Obey God if We Don’t Know Him
Many recent conversations with FAM members have been about the vital necessity of truly knowing God because it’s simply not possible for anyone to believe, love, trust or obey God if we don’t know Him. So this week’s message from Charles Stanley, Standing Tall and Strong through Prayer, which gets into how important it is to know WHO we’re praying to is another awesome example of God’s faithfulness to confirm the things He wants us to know and understand. So I strongly encourage everyone to listen to Dr. Stanley’s message, and you can follow along with his Sermon Outline, which includes links to the scripture references he uses.
Then I received an email message from my former church, Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, entitled “Learn the Names of God” with this link to even more messages about God by my former pastor, Bob Coy! There’s obviously no doubt that God is serious about confirming the importance of truly knowing Who He is so that we can victoriously stand in faith and obedience on the power and promise of His Word for the full and complete restoration of our marriages and families! And our Spanish speaking members will be very happy to see that there are a couple of Spanish translations available at the above link as well.
Since this is so vitally important to EVERYTHING we do as Christians, I hope and pray that everyone will make getting to know and understand God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, a top priority. And the only way to do that is to get very serious about reading and studying His Word and listening to messages like the ones linked to above. After all, the Bible is God’s love letter to us and our owner’s manual, so why do we think we can afford not to read or fully understand it? We can’t, because Jesus taught that loving Him with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength is the most important commandment of all (Mark 12:29-31) and that we will be blessed with His provision by seeking FIRST His kingdom and His righteousness (Matthew 6:31-33), and according to James 4:15-17, failure to do so is sin. And we simply can’t afford that because of the warning found in Psalm 66:17-19, which declares, I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Therefore, we’ll never do ANYTHING more important, blessed or rewarding than doing whatever it takes to truly get to know our most awesome and sovereign God and heavenly Father!