Posts Tagged ‘grow’

How to Improve Your Relationship With God

July 25th, 2009

A deep and abiding relationship with God is a wonderful, awe-inspiring thing. It is the the desire of God’s heart and is the very thing all of humanity was created for. This kind of a relationship with God is nothing short of a gift from God.

We grow into this kind of relationship as we are formed into the image of Christ – a process that begins when we submit our lives to God through Jesus and which will continue until his work is completed in us. It is a work that God does in us but which involves us as well.

I don’t want there to be any confusion – God forms this relationship with us if we will let him. Everything that we can do is a response to what he has already done.

Here are some things that you can do to improve your relationship with God – the same things that I can do to improve my relationship with God. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and is in no particular order. In fact, it’s intentionally short so that you can leave your suggestions and comments as well. » Read more: How to Improve Your Relationship With God

What is the Answer?

July 13th, 2009

Find "X"Sometimes the “obvious” or “easy” answer is not the right answer. Other times it is.

Take for example, the pic to the left. (I “borrowed” the idea but the graphic is mine). The problem is “Find ‘X’”, which is easy enough to do. Except that the real problem is “Find the value of ‘X’ based on the other information presented.”

We see this kind of thing all of the time. Hot examples of our time that come to my mind are social responsibility and environmentalism. In both cases, there are definite problems that need to be addressed. But our current direction as a culture reflects an incomplete understanding of the real problem.

Yes, we should definitely take care of the poor and require justice for the oppressed. Yes, we should absolutely take care of the earth. But we must understand that no amount of human effort will ultimately undo the problems and the evil that is behind those problems. » Read more: What is the Answer?