Being God's Child
Before you were just a sinner and spiritually lost and if you had died before today you would have been punnished.
You Are Now A Child Of God!
1 Corinthians 2:14 tells us when we were without the spirit we were unable to understand things that came from the Spirit of God to us they were foolish.
Ephesians 2:1-5 tells us how we were once spiritually dead in our sins and how we followed the ways of the world but because of God's love for us He made us alive with Christ.
Isaiah 44:22 tells us now that we are saved God has swept away our offenses and redeemed us.
John 1:12 tells us because we are saved we became a child of God.
1 John 2:1 tells us that because we are a child of God, if we sin Jesus Christ will advocate for us with the Father.
Now that we are saved, we are now a child of God. God is our Father just like He is Jesus's Father. Jesus is now our big brother who is trying to look out for us. So if we sin Jesus with speak on behalf of us to our Father in Heaven.
Romans 2:12-13 tells us that if we sin now we will be judged for our sins. And we must live right in the eyes of God.
Now that you are a child of God, God is watching you to see if you are being good or doing the right things on Earth. Jesus knows that you are not perfect like him so He understands if you slip up and sin. But God knows when you are doing wrong and know that what you are doing is wrong.
If you would like to learn more about being saved, new birth and repentence read the verses from this site.
Other good verses are:
Romans 5:8
John 1:13
1 Corinthians 2:13-15
1 Corinthians 15:3
Titus 3:6
John 3:1-21
Romans 2
Romans 3
Now that you are saved you can begin to build your personal relationship with God. When building your personal relationship with God think of God as your Father and you as His child. You may be thinking "I'm not a child, I'm grown!" That may be true but in the eyes of God you are a child to him.
Now that you are born again. Your sins have been wiped away. You are a spiritual infant.
Just like you grew physically into the person you are now, you will once again grow again, this time it will be spiritually.
Here are the Stages of Life:
Stage 1: Infancy:
At this stage you are a spiritual infant, you depend on other children of God to help you stay on track. At this stage you will be torn between two worlds, the world of God and the world of sin. You are not quite sure what you should be doing to get closer to God and a lot of things are confusing to you. You are also tempted to do things that are not acceptable to God. This is your begining.
Stage 2: Toddlerhood:
At this stage you are a spiritual toddler, you want your spiritual independence and sometimes you may rebel against God and your spiritual brothers and sisters. At this stage, you believe that you are saved and that you know what you are doing as far as building your relationship with God. You don't want to take the time to listen to others suggestions because, they don't know what they are talking about. You may also go though a time where you may rebel against God or others. You may ask God to help you with a problem and he don't answer your prayer at that time so you may get mad and do something that you know is a sin to get back at him. One of your spiritual brothers or sisters may suggest something to you and you may become defensive.
Stage 3: Grade Schooler:
At this stage you are ready and eager to learn. You know enough to fear God and you believe everything that you read in the Bible. This is a good stage but you are also and easy target for the devil. You are not advance enough to know everything you should to avoid trouble so the devil can easily trick you.
Stage 4: Adolecent
At this stage you have learned a lot and you are more observant of the world and the Bible. At this time you see that life in the world is different from life in the Bible and you begin to question God's authority. You may read in your Bible that people are suppose to love one another and you see people in the world who hate one another so you start to question what you read because it is not what you see. At this time you seek a reason and a direct answer and when you can't get it you may rebel against God.
Stage 5: Full Spiritual-being
At this stage you are ready to lead, teach and help others to the fullest extent. You know a lot of the things you need to know. Allowing the devil to pull a fast one on you will be quite tricky.
| A Relationship in dictionary terms: A relationship is a strong emotional bond or connection with a person, place, object, spirit or thing. There are many different type of relationships. When some of us think of a relationship we think of a husband/wife relationship or a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship but a relationship is more than just sex. There are parent/child relationships and relationships between family members, friends and co-workers etc... The most important thing involved in a relationship is love and trust. Love is a a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection towards a person, place, object or thing. Trust is when you have a person, object or thing that you can rely on at all times. Trust is also a certainty that someone is there for you, a strong belief in something, a strong faith in something that you believe in, an assurance that everything will be okay and confidence imply a feeling of security. |
The Story Of Relationships:
A pregnant lady has a baby. The baby comes out looking for someone to connect with. The baby is united with their mother and she holds her baby close to her. After coming out of the warm cosy womb into the cold world, the baby feels the warmth of their mother's body and feels secure. The mother holds and talks to her newborn and the newborn is content. That is the first bond that a baby experiences in life.
The mother takes the baby home and cares for his or her needs. The mother feeds the baby when he or she is hungry, changes the baby's soiled diapers and talk and play with the baby and the baby learns that he or she can depend on his or her mother or someone in the household to meet their needs. Now the baby has experienced trust which is a part of building a healthy relationship.
As time goes on the baby will grow into a child who's parents will show them affection by hugging, kissing and cuddling with them and that child will feel the love coming from their parents and know that they are loved and valued by their parents. Now the child has experienced a healthy parent/child relationship.
The child will also see that others in the family such as siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and/or cousins will do the same and the child will also know that these relatives also love and value them. Now the child has experienced a healthy family relationship. These early relationships will help to shape the life of this young child.
As more time goes on this child will meet other children who are simular in age to them and the child will befriend their peers. The child now has experienced a peer to peer relationship. The child also goes to school and interact with their teacher and now has experenced a teacher/student relationship. Because of their relationship with their parents and family it will be easy for them to build a relationship with their peers, teachers and school faculity.
Even more time has passed and now the child has grown into an adult who is now involved with a mate and is now a parent.
A healthy parent/child relationship is the key to building all of the child's relationships in life. A parent/child relationship don't always have to be built between the child and their birth parent. Sometimes a birth parent may not be able or capable of taking care of their child so somkeone else must step in and take over.
Each child that is born needs to bond with someone. It don't matter who that someone is. Each child looks for someone to help them meet their needs and to guide them in the right direction in life.
Each child that is born into the world looks for love and acceptance. A child is not born with the ability to love themself. They need someone to show them that they are loveable by showing them affection and accepting them as they are weither they are "typical" or have "special needs". The child needs someone to point out their good qualities so that they can know what is good about themself.
If a child does not have a person in their life to do these things, the child will have difficulties building healthy relationships in life.
Building Your Relationship with God!
If you were one of those people who has experienced a healthy parent/child relationship then building a relationship with God will be easy for you.
If you never experienced a healthy relationship with your parents or anyone you can still build a relationship with God.
God does not care who you are and what you can and cannot do. God does not care if you are "typical" or if you have "special needs" because he created you the way you are and he loves you because of it.
STEPS TO BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:
STEP 1:
PICTURE GOD AS YOUR FATHER. IF YOU ARE TRUELY A CHILD OF GOD, GOD IS YOUR FATHER. A STRONG PARENTAL FIGURE WHO IS THERE FOR YOU SPIRITUALLY.
If you had your father involved in your life in a positive way, then this will be an easy task for you. If you were raised by your step-father, your mother's boyfriend, your grandfather, your uncle or a foster father, picture God as that male father figure that was or is involved in your life. If your mother raised you all alone, picture God as your single mother. The important thing to understand is that God is your parental figure.
If you had parents who were abusive, neglectful and who didn't do their job as a parent, it might be hard for you to understand how to build a good relationship with God because you don't know what a good relationship is. So try to picture God as the father or parental figure you wish you had.
STEP 2:
TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE WORDS MEAN: FATHER, LOVE, RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST.
If you have experienced a healthy parent/child relationship, this should be easy for you.
If you didn't have a healthy parent/child bond this will be difficult for you. Depending on family treatment, you might view a father as someone who is bad, love as something that hurt, a relationship that only involves sex and/or trust as something that don't exist.
It will take a lot of time but you must learn what the real role of a father is so that if you are a man you can become a real father to your children or if you are a woman, you can find a real father for your children. Once you understand the true role of a father, you can picture God as your father.
You must learn what love really is so that you can find the love you need. Without real love in your life (not sex) you will never feel complete and you will feel emptiness in your heart until you get it. Without a full understanding of love, you will never be able to propperly love God or yourself.
You must learn what a healthy relationship is because if you don't you will continue to feel lonely, inferior and unlovable and you'll never be able to build a healthy relationship with others.
You must learn that there is someone out there you can trust. If you don't then you will always be suspicious of everyone, even God.
STEP 3:
REACH OUT TO OTHERS.
If you see a person in need, help them. If you need help with something seek help or assistance, even if you have to ask a million different people before you get it. God wants you to help others.
STEP4:
ACCEPT OTHERS.
Accept people as they are without judgement. If a person who has autism, mental retardation, down syndrome, depression, schizophrenia or any type of developmental disability or mental illness, accept them as they are abilities, limitations and all. Don't pass judgement on them by calling them "slow" or "crazy". Don't call them by their disability such as "he's autistic, she's retarded, he's schizophrenic or she's bipolar. Be respectful and refer to the person as a person with autism, a person with mental retardation, a person with schizophrenia ...etc... Even though the person may have a developmental or mental disability, they are still human like someone who doesn't have a developmental or mental disability.
God created all of us in his image with a special talent, gift or skill and He would like us to respect each other, see the good in others and learn from each other.
STEP 5:
USE YOUR HEART IN WHATEVER YOU DO.
God knows that you are not perfect. He knows what your intentions are and what your abilities and limitations are. If you don't have a full understanding of what love is or what a relationship is, God understands. If you are unable to fully trust God because of your past life experiences, God knows. So when you make an attempt to build your relationship with God, do it with all your heart and God will accept that and help you to change things. He knows your intentions and will look past your thinking abilitites and straight into your heart.
STEP 6:
REMEMBER EVERYONE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS PERSONAL.
Don't worry about how another person is interacting with God, only focus on how you interact with God. We are all different and have different abilities and experiences in life so how we relate to God is different from how someone else will relate to God. For example if one person experienced a healthy parent child relationship, that person will fully trust God as they trust their parents and love God as if they loved their parents so that person would build a strong relationship with God based on their life experience. A person who came from a home where their father was abusive will have difficulties viewing God as a father. A person who never had a strong bond with their parent or family is not able to fully trust God. But because the person can't fully trust God or picture God as a father, don't mean that they can't build a relationship with God.
There is no right or wrong way to build a relationship with God because each person's relationship is personal that is why each person's relationship with God is different.
STEP 7:
GET TO KNOW GOD.
When we first meet a person we want to get to know them so we'll talk to them on the phone, invite them over, go visit them or go to the park or out to dinner so we can talk to them.
God is no different. Pray. There is no right or wrong way to pray, just speak from your heart. Talk to God as if he was standing next to you. Tell him about your problems and your day. He understands. If you want a response, read the Bible. God wrote the Bible so that you will always have a connection with him.
The Bible, What is it All About? Really!
| The Bible is the written word of God and is written to teach us what is good and what is evil. It is God's way to connect with us spiritually. The word "Bible" means "the books." The Bible is one volume which consists of 66 separate books. The word "Scripture" is also used to refer to God's Word. This word comes from a Latin word which means "writing." When the word "Scripture" is used with a capital "S" it means the sacred writings of the one true God. The word "Bible" is not used in the Bible. It is a word selected by men as a title for all of God's Words. There are many different versions of the Bible. Our most common are: The King James Version (KJV), The New King James Version (NKJV), The New American Standard Bible (NASB) and The New International Version (NIV). Each one is of a different version and use different wording but they all tell the same story and message. Here is an Example: John 3:16 (King James Version) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (New King James Version) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (New International Version) 16 "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 (New American Standard Bible) 16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
| There are also many types of Bibles. Children's Story Bibles that tell the story of people in the Bible. Children's Bibles that look like adult Bibles that are written in words that are easy to understand, point out things that are of interest to children and those with child-like thinking and include activities to keep young minds interested. Teen Bibles that cover topics that are of interest to teens and young adults. Student Bibles that include topics that are of interest to High school and College Students. Men's Bible that cover issues related to men and Women's Bibles that covers issues that relates to women. Study Bible that explain important parts of the Bible in great detail. When Choosing A Bible, Make Sure You Choose A Bible That Is Right For You. Sometimes you may need more than one Bible. If you struggle with reading and comprehending you may do well with a children's or teen Bible to go along with your adult Bible. If you are an adult and have teenage or young adult interest, you may do well with a teen Bible to go along with your adult Bible. You will notice that if you are an adult it is good to have an adult bible on hand even though you may get along better with a teen or children's Bible because many adults won't understand that you understand the children's or teen Bible better and will tell you things like "Children or teen Bibles don't tell the whole story so if you want to quiet other adults around you, just keep an inexpensive adult Bible on hand such as an NIV Bible. If you are an adult and mainly use an adult Bible, it is good to have a children's Bible on hand to read if there is something that you don't understand. A children's Bible can be like a "Cliff's notes" or book notes to the Bible. |
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