anyone know of scriptures that talk about getting closer to God ? i would really appreciate if you can help me out.

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pretty please i would really appreciate im trying to develop a closer relationship with God and im not sure how to do it so help a sistah out

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This is not necessarily only scripture but its something I've been getting in daily e-mails from Gregory Dickow:


Not only is God with us. Not only is God for us. But He is also IN US.

This is an amazing mystery, and we won’t understand it completely until we are in heaven. Colossians 1:27 says “...this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

It’s “almost right” to believe that if we become holier, we can get closer to God.
But the separation between us and God is a myth. It’s an illusion. The devil wants us to believe it to keep us powerless and misinformed concerning our connection with God. It’s true that in Isaiah 59:2 it says that “your sins have made a separation between you and your God.” But Jesus TOOK AWAY the sin through His blood. Therefore, THERE IS NO SEPARATION between us and God, if we have been born-again. It’s our failure to recognize this that keeps us in bondage, feeling distant from God. We feel sometimes, He is so far away. But He is not. He is here. He is there.

For us today, let’s replace this “almost right” thinking with “right” thinking.
1. Psalm 46:1 says, “He is an ever-PRESENT help in times of trouble.”WOW! You have to love this thought. Have you ever had times of trouble? (Ya think!) But notice, He is ever-present. THEN, it says, ‘help’ in times of trouble. It is His “ever-presence” that brings us help in times of trouble. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20, “Lo, I am with you always; even to the end of the age”. There is no way to misinterpret this verse. “I am with you always.” That has to warm your heart and comfort you. 3. Christianity is not a life of attainment, but a life of recognition.Philemon verse 6 says, “that your faith might become effective, through the acknowledgement of those things which are already in you, in Christ Jesus.” Many people focus on ‘attaining’ God’s presence and God’s blessing. But the scripture is clear: We must recognize and acknowledge that He is already in us. His gifts are already in us. This produces power that MONEY and RELIGION cannot buy! The first part of the verse says—this is what makes your faith become effective. Acknowledge. Recognize. He is already in you. His gifts are in you4. Christianity is not us “finding God.”It’s that He came and found us; took us into His arms; spilled His blood to cleanse us from all unrighteousness; and breathed His very Spirit into us. Now He lives in every person that has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord. Romans 8:11 says, “and if the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you; then He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead, will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that indwells in you5. Eliminate every thought that says, “God come down and help me” or “Send your Spirit.”He has already come. He has already sent His Spirit. Our fight, our battle is to believe this whether we feel His presence or not. He is in you! 6. It’s not: us living FOR God. It’s us LIVING FROM GOD. Galatians 2:20 says, “It is no longer I who lives, but Christ lives in me.” David said in Psalm 139:7-9, “Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go to heave you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even THERE your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold meTHINK IT & SAY IT: I decide today to eliminate the thought that I am separated from God in any way. He is an ever-present help in my time of trouble. His ever-presence brings me help! He is in my boat. And I will rest in knowing I am in His presence. I recognize that He is already in me. That’s what makes my faith work. He has found me and put His Spirit in me. The very same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, is living on the inside of me. God is not far off. He is right here, right now. I am surrounded by His love and enveloped in His presence. Therefore I am not afraid.He is my shield and refuge. My fortress and my very present help today. I am not trying to live FOR God; I am living FROM Him. His power is in me. His presence is in me. His love is in me. And nothing can ever separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus my Lord

Gregory Dickow

that was good thank you

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The best place to start is reading his Word and praying. Knowing God places you in a relationship with God and we get to know God through his Word. When I read, I pray and ask God to show me TRUTH. I take time to find out about the book, why it was written, who it was written to, what was going on at the time. Then I read exactly what's there in the King James Version and take two other versions that I speak to me. I listen to the same chapter using my ipod and think about all day what I've just read and heard. I'm also asking God what are you saying to me? I have a tendency of writing somethings down at the end of the day of what I personally received from reading this chapter.

I will tell you this, I started becoming aware when the integrity of the scripture wasn't being kept and noticed that somethings being taught was far fetched because the verse didn't go with anything in the chapter. It only went with the subject being preached. A hermenutics (sp) class was offered at another church and I took the class and still resort back to the two books used in the class to this day. By the way, I found out about the class through a brochure that was sitting on the coffee table at a neighbor's house. I began speaking to my father and grandmother about the Word again and they had a passion for getting me straighten out of the mess I was in, but they didn't do it so aggressively because they didn't want to push me away again. Thank God for a saved family who never stopped praying for me and waited until I was ready. Also, God used other people to confirm the integrity of the scripture for me too. Sometimes in conversations other times on the internet on threads just like this. I would ask what I didn't think was right or was confused on and there was about three to four different there like EM and GaryV. Thank God for the people who have a passion to make ensure the integrity...INTEGRIT Y of the scripture is kept.

The treads in Lipstick Alley have revealed somethings in reference to some of the persons that either I was currently listening to or have listened to in the past and have broken further chains that had me bound. Most ministers are beginning to call the internet a demon but that's only because schemes, dirty lifestyles and twisting of the scriptures have been exposed and exposed rather quickly. You can't expose what isn't there. Thank God for the innovative way of communicating immediately through the internet. Prayerfully, its caused some to repent and begin to walk uprightly like they should have been all along.

After you have received salvation, your walk with the Lord can be very close "IF" you will draw close to Him, for He will draw close to you.
James 4:8 Draw nigh (near) to God, and he will draw nigh to you. CLEANSE your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
You can get this closeness when you put alway all evil and obey the words of Christ Jesus.
A list of "some" of the words which Jesus commanded us to refrain from to come closer to him so that in our time of need, we can come boldly with confidence to the throne of God and be helped.
1. Corrupt communication should not come from our mouth
2. Lying
3. Stealing
4. Fornication (having sex without a spouse)
5. Adultery (married having sex with other partners or even marrying partners while spouse is still alive constitute adultery)
6. Hatred
7. Jealousy
8. Malice
9. strife
10. busybodies into other people's matters
11. witchcraft
12. Effeminate
13. heresies
14. seditions
15. Envy
16. drunkenness
17. Revellings
18. lasciviousness
19. Idolatry (that which you give your time to and enjoy more than God)
20. Variance
21. Emulations
22. murders
23. wrath
24. uncleanness
25. unbelief
26. prideful
27. Inordinate affection
and such likes.

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Excelent Ideas!!! {goes along with the studying to show yourself approved}

Great testimony! God is great {he who started a good work in you will be faithful to complete it!}


God used folks on Lipstickalley to assist in my deliverance! The internet itself is not to blame but rather the people who post & allow the content...
The Devil is a spirit not a device
The internet has ministries of it's own

well Said Always!!!

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Paul's Epistles really help with this... New Testament... his letters to the "newly" formed churches...

Romans 12

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