Develop and sustain intimacy with God- Mark 3:13-15; Psalm 27:4-6

Bible in a year:  Neh. 11:1-12:26, 1 Cor. 10:14-11:2, Psalm 34:11-22, Prov. 21:14-16

The first thing God called us to, as believers, is to intimacy with Himself. Intimacy with God is a non-negotiable issue in our lives that threatens the devil. The proof of intimacy with God is brokenness. How broken you are reveals your intimacy with God. Intimacy is what you get by entering into consistent and continuous fellowship with God.

Benefits of Intimacy with God are as follows:

Accuracy: Your accuracy in life and work is an outflow of your intimacy with God.

Impregnation: God impregnates you with visions and answers for your day and generation.

Resemblance: Who you get intimate with is who you will resemble.

Divine secrets (Job 29: 2-4): Intimacy with God opens his secrets to you.

Promotion (Psa. 37:4-5): Promotion comes when you get intimate with God. Promotion without intimacy is a snare.

Power: Intimacy with the powerful makes you powerful.

Revelations: God reveals who He is, what you are and what He wants you to be when you are in intimacy with Him.

Glory of God: The glory of God comes upon you when you get intimate with Him. Look at Moses’ testimony in Exodus 34:29.

Wisdom (Acts 4:13): Godly wisdom enunciates from intimacy.

Purity (Psa. 15): God cleanses you in the place of intimacy.

Authenticity (John 7:36-39): you get your own authentic rivers of insight and concepts from the Father God and you distinguish yourself from the multitude in your generation for good.

Intimacy brings heat and fire: Lack of intimacy generates strange fire.

Intimacy brings originality: You become the real you that God made.

Intimacy brings exchange (Isa. 40:30-31): Exchange of your weakness for His strength, beauty for ashes, oil of joy for mourning and peace for despair.

Prayer: Lord, help me and bring me to that place of intimacy with you. Deliver me from undue busyness all the devil’s attack against my intimacy with you in Jesus name.