Episode 104: How to Have Intimacy with God

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So often, we try to explain God instead of letting God tell us who He is. In this episode, Dot and Cara answer a frequently asked question: “How do I build a more intimate relationship with God?” Dot explains how studying the names of God has helped her understand Him better, and they talk about some of the different ways God has revealed Himself in Scripture and in their own lives. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and listen in!

Episode Recap

• Start by writing down Proverbs 18:10 (0:12)
• We often focus more on the suffering we’re experiencing than on being righteous through it (0:58)
• You can’t love and trust someone unless you know them intimately (6:05)
• To better understand God, look at His names (9:47)
• God looks beyond our failures and weaknesses to see what we can be (13:08)
• Deep struggles can lead to deeper intimacy with God (17:31)
• God reveals through He is through His names (21:28)
• How can you trust God if you don’t know who He is? (30:37)
• To have intimacy with God is to know that He’s in control (32:17)
• God doesn’t want us to explain who He is, He wants to tell us who He is (37:18)

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