Comments on: Spending Time With God http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/ Bible Blog - Growing Closer to God through the Scriptures Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ScriptureZealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-195 ScriptureZealot Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/#comment-195 You're welcome Greg. Thanks for taking the time to post it. (Your reply got lost in the shuffle for a couple days.) You’re welcome Greg. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

(Your reply got lost in the shuffle for a couple days.)

]]> By: ScriptureZealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-193 ScriptureZealot Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:38:23 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/#comment-193 Thanks for the comment. This may be a tangent but I think in this country (USA) people use church attendance as a measure of their faith more than their own relationship with God. So listening to a sermon becomes more important than going to the source on a daily basis. I'd like to repeat a quote by Ravi Zacharias: <blockquote> We have become so accustomed to hearing preachers or expositors, as important as that is, that many in the process have abandoned the grand privilege of personally hearing from God’s Word daily.</blockquote> Thanks for the comment.

This may be a tangent but I think in this country (USA) people use church attendance as a measure of their faith more than their own relationship with God. So listening to a sermon becomes more important than going to the source on a daily basis.

I’d like to repeat a quote by Ravi Zacharias:

We have become so accustomed to hearing preachers or expositors, as important as that is, that many in the process have abandoned the grand privilege of personally hearing from God’s Word daily.

]]> By: Deveney Tucker http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Deveney Tucker Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:15:51 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/#comment-187 I feel that the reason so many people are devastated when a pastor falls is they were trying to follow him to God rather than follow God. What is it about people that would rather seek another way to a relationship with someone (or God) rather than going straight to the person? That is like a husband spending all his time with his wife's sister or family rather than spending time with her! The only way to get to know God is by spending time getting to know God. (duh...) Anyway, I feel the time has come for us in America to stip ourselves of all the "tools" we use to find God and just go out and seek Him through His Word and time alone until we find Him! That is what the great saints did. IT was nothign for them to spend several hours just trying to get rid of the flesh so they could focus on God Himself. God bless, Deveney I feel that the reason so many people are devastated when a pastor falls is they were trying to follow him to God rather than follow God. What is it about people that would rather seek another way to a relationship with someone (or God) rather than going straight to the person? That is like a husband spending all his time with his wife’s sister or family rather than spending time with her! The only way to get to know God is by spending time getting to know God. (duh…) Anyway, I feel the time has come for us in America to stip ourselves of all the “tools” we use to find God and just go out and seek Him through His Word and time alone until we find Him! That is what the great saints did. IT was nothign for them to spend several hours just trying to get rid of the flesh so they could focus on God Himself.
God bless,
Deveney

]]> By: GregQ http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-185 GregQ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:12:14 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/02/06/spending-time-with-god/#comment-185 Thanks for the props. Nice site. Thanks for the props. Nice site.

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