So what do you talk to God about?

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dothackzero

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So yeah, it looks like the real cause of my lonelyness is actually a lack of a good relationship with God. It just never occured to me that could be the reason since I thought I was having a good relationship with. Mostly it was just ackeleging that he's there and inside us. And mostly just talking to him when I needed to complain, or when something was wrong. The thing is that I have more of a intellectual relationship with God, where I was just trying to learn more and more about him, but it turns out that isn't a real relationship. So really what's being a in a real relationship with God like, and how do you make it grow?
 
DuchessAimee

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I talk to God about anything and everything. I talk to him like he's in the same room with me or I'm on the phone with him. You seek out a relationship with God like you would with another human being. Reading the word, going to church, listening to sermons or Christian music will strengthen your relationship with God too. If I were you, I'd seek out a man from your church who would mentor you, teach you about developing your relationship with God and about becoming a strong, Godly man.
 
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I talk to God about everything. I know that's not a specific answer but it's the most accurate. Even when I get angry (which isn't often at all, I have a very long fuse and don't get rattled easily) I will talk to God and try to lay whatever problem I have at his feet. I know I can't do anything good apart from him so I try to stay as close as I possibly can no matter what else is going on with me.

As far as how to make it grow, you have to approach God in spirit and in truth. If you truly want to get closer, pray and ask to get closer.....just make sure that you mean it from your heart. Have a little faith and he takes care of the rest. The personal relationship is 1000 times more important than intellectual understanding of scripture in my opinion.
 
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DuchessAimee said:
You seek out a relationship with God like you would with another human being. Reading the word, going to church, listening to sermons or Christian music will strengthen your relationship with God too. If I were you, I'd seek out a man from your church who would mentor you, teach you about developing your relationship with God and about becoming a strong, Godly man.
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I do goto chruch though hasn't been as often lately(Though it still is once a week). I still pretty much listen to 1-2 sermons a day, and I do have a mentor basically. I mean I'm not saying that I have no relationship with God, it just tends to be based mostly on logic.
 
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Donkeyfish07 said:
I talk to God about everything. I know that's not a specific answer but it's the most accurate. Even when I get angry (which isn't often at all, I have a very long fuse and don't get rattled easily) I will talk to God and try to lay whatever problem I have at his feet. I know I can't do anything good apart from him so I try to stay as close as I possibly can no matter what else is going on with me.
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That's good. I used to keep all the "bad" feelings and communication from God because...well I'm not quite sure why. I was afraid to talk to Him about them, or I thought He'd be disappointed, etc. Really the only person I was hurting was myself. Now I can be completely honest with God and know that it's safe to do so. Of course, if I have an attitude He's able to put me in my place, like Job (again, why I love those last chapters of Job). But God isn't going to strike me down when I'm upset and want to talk about it with Him.

My answer is like everyone else's...."everything". I had to learn to get there, like I said above. Still am learning in some ways, to trust. To let go. But you know what's awesome? Even when I'm curled up in a ball in the corner of the room and refusing to talk, He doesn't leave. I love that. God's the only constant thing you can always count on. Why wouldn't I talk to Him about everything to the Creator who loves me that much?

I have been where you are, though, dothackzero. But God does want us to know Him beyond just head-knowledge, and He knows the desires of your heart. :)
 
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dothackzero said:
I do goto chruch though hasn't been as often lately(Though it still is once a week). I still pretty much listen to 1-2 sermons a day, and I do have a mentor basically. I mean I'm not saying that I have no relationship with God, it just tends to be based mostly on logic.
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The personal relationship is more important than going to Church. I know of several very strong believers that don't go to Church at all.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
 
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rachelsedge said:
That's good. I used to keep all the "bad" feelings and communication from God because...well I'm not quite sure why. I was afraid to talk to Him about them, or I thought He'd be disappointed, etc. Really the only person I was hurting was myself. Now I can be completely honest with God and know that it's safe to do so. Of course, if I have an attitude He's able to put me in my place, like Job (again, why I love those last chapters of Job). But God isn't going to strike me down when I'm upset and want to talk about it with Him. :)
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I did that too....sooo much when I was a new believer. Especially when I was engaging in some type of sin or I was in some kind of trouble that wasn't even my fault. So many times I never brought it to God. I look back and wonder why I was so stupid about it. lol. The book of Job was actually really important to me when I first got saved. Had a really trying experience and I went to the OT and read about Job and it gave me a lot of fortitude during the hard times.
 
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we are all growing constantly in this relationship , sometimes just being who we are is expressive of who god is through us without us even realizing it .. but yeah it's all about the relationship .. I use to feel really weird approaching Him, I
Mean "He's God" .. And I'm well ... Me.. So , I thought god was in a whole different playing field than I was.. I just needed to know about him.. God /me. He was on a corporate
Level and I was the one cleaning out toilets .., make sense? He's not like that at all..
He tells us to come exactly as we are... Funk and all... No matter what it is ... Just cone ...to approach Hos throne with boldness and confidence ... man I'm there all the time now !
 
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By the way thumbs up asking the question ! You're not by yourself .. We are "all" striving to "know"him better .. We are all running the race together towards that mark :)
 
Ritter

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I ask him to scatter and burn my enemy's tents, rain upon my crops, and number my posterity in the millions.

That and just about everything else.
 
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I ask him to scatter and burn my enemy's tents, rain upon my crops, and number my posterity in the millions.

That and just about everything else.
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lol. Epicness
 
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I think I usually talk to Him whenever something is troubling me. I need to work on that and talk to him always :)
 
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And deal with guys like this too right zone ;)

"“GIVE me control of a nation’s money supply, and I care not who makes its laws.” So said Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty.

Ritter said:
I ask him to scatter and burn my enemy's tents, rain upon my crops, and number my posterity in the millions.

That and just about everything else.
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Ritter

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A Seven Nation Army couldn't hold me back.

Neither could Rotschild's clan for that matter.

Amateurs.
 
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Jullianna

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I talk with Him about anything and everything all day long. I want to know what He thinks about things, especially with regard to my life's direction and what He would have me learn/say/do. I tell Him how sorry I am for the things I do that offend Him. I thank Him for all of the incredible things He does for me every day, and always has, especially the unknown things.
 
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Stealing the paramount classic line from "Rebel Without a Cause" where Dean's character is asked what he is rebelling against, the reply came back, "Wha'cha got?"
 
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SeatBelt

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Donkeyfish07 said:
The personal relationship is more important than going to Church. I know of several very strong believers that don't go to Church at all.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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between the covers of the same book there is also, "And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." (Heb 10:25 NLT)
It is my opinion, though not mine alone, that regular church attendance is a vital part of being a strong believer, both for the encouragement and for being an encourager. Say what you will about corporate worship (I value both corporate and individual, and engage in both for different, yet similar reasons), but are we not called to assemble?
 
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God truly is the ideal best friend. Talk with him always as others have said. It's a constant conversation with Him. You can ask questions, talking about how you're feeling, talk about what you'd like, talk about the things you need to work on and ask for help. There is no limits, the more you talk with God in prayer and otherwise the easier it gets. This well help your relationship grow because you are relying on Him. The Lord will answer you and show you things. It's truly incredible, we have an awesome God.

I personally pray that the Lord opens my eyes to everything that He does for me because I want to be grateful for even the little things. This has really helped me and has been such a blessing.

Another huge thing is that often times prayer or us talking to God is simply us talking. God will answer, but it's super important to have quiet/listening time as well. Read His living word, not for information, but to see what He has to show/tell you each day. Reading His word is part of His conversation with us.

 
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Donkeyfish07 said:
.... Have a little faith and he takes care of the rest. The personal relationship is 1000 times more important than intellectual understanding of scripture in my opinion.
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I accept that I cannot comprehend everything. I instead focus on trying to continue to understand and know that a greater understanding is underpinned with a relationship of the One who gave us those words of life. Donkeyfish, we may not agree on everything, but it seems we share some common ground. :)
 
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DuchessAimee said:
... seek out a man from your church who would mentor you, teach you about developing your relationship with God and about becoming a strong, Godly man.
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Mentoring within the church is a FABULOUS solution to many of life's problems... and arguably modeled to us in the scriptures.
 
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