How much time do you spend in fellowship with God every day?

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jacko

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I talk to God all day long as if in a conversation.

How do you talk to God if you’re sleeping? How do you talk to God if you’re at work during work hours?
 

tourist

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How do you talk to God if you’re sleeping? How do you talk to God if you’re at work during work hours?
I talk to silently to God when at work. Of course, when sleeping the mute button is pressed. When at home by myself, I sometimes talk quietly out loud in these conversations.
 

Pilgrimshope

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so how much time are you putting in?

Im not really sure what you mean by “ how much time “ we put in it’s a lifetime commitment brother to live a new life for God and not for ourselves anymore. So what we want to do is listen to him and what he’s saying in the gospel.

im old , there was times in my life brother that I put very little of anything into my side of the relationship and God still loved me because I believed in Jesus. I didn’t know them but now I realize I’m those times , he was putting his time into me beating up my ignorance and stupidity , forebearing with my poor choices and my alcoholism that fueled it all.

Somehow through no good doing of my own infact through a lot of bad doings on my part God never stopped caring and helping and blessing and protecting and calling to and reminding me of ect he never stopped when I lacked my part is what I mean

now I’ve gone and turned white headed and gotten old somehow , really could not tell you how it happened honestly but I’m definately an old goat now and things are different because I finally listened to the words I’ve always heard or read or prayed about

It’s just been a lifetime commitment first God committed to me and then won me over and somewhere along the way in the middle I suppose late Middle I reckon. I really commited to trust all the stuff he had taught me over the years in good times and bad .

What I was getting at is it’s a full time relationship between god and the believer. And isnt really just about reading a Bible , praying , or attending church but it’s really about our daily life and how we treat other people as Christian’s in the world representing Christ.

Its not really about allotting certain time for prayer or study or church which are all great uses of some of our time and essential but also is about how we act towards others

Do we help or harm ? Do we walk on by as if we don’t see as the levite religious preist in the story ? Or will we be as the Good Samaritan who loves his neighbor as himself ?

it’s really about k owing Gods there with us when we’re in the open and in the dark and so it’s wise to learn his will and ways but then as we begin to trust and apply them to life it becomes a tangible relationship that goes both ways ….like a loving father and his children responding to his teaching then as they grow up into decent productive peaceful helpful humans

who also happen to share the good news of Jesus with others when they find a chance to drop a seed or two

jesus teaches us in the gospel to try to live one day at a time and seek his kingdom and righteousness because each day has its own struggles and challenges we’ll face. But we want to start and end our days acknowledging God brother because he’s with us when we believe the gospel and call upon his name

We may not even realize like I didn’t until I got white headed but he’s there with us even before we’ve become better people or made drastic changes but just because we truly believe the gospel and desire to do better to get away from the things we feel and know are wrong

id say I’ve put about seventy years give or take hearing about Jesus and then later seeking more about him in his word and I believe Gods out far more time in than I have working on the old cracked lump of clay

it’s being born into his family brother as if your a new child and begin to learn from your father about your new life maybe try reading fifteen minutes in the am with some prayer and coffee if you drink it , it’s a good way to get some thoughts to ponder through the day and fill our mind with better things more often better reflections and thoughts matter alot

But the fifteen min of reading is because we’re learning about our father and new life and role in his family so it’s like a reaping and seeing nature we are going to be more aware of our relationship with God , the more we put into it on a regular basis even if it’s fofteen or twenty min reading it’s about applying those things to ourselves learnkng gods ways and blessing others in his name
 

Cameron143

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#27
How do you talk to God if you’re sleeping? How do you talk to God if you’re at work during work hours?
There is a book...The Practice of the Presence of God...by Brother Lawrence you might find helpful.
 

homwardbound

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How do you talk to God if you’re sleeping? How do you talk to God if you’re at work during work hours?
For me, it is God is in me, never leaving, never forsaking me, even though I have again and again. By this continued mercy I saw how to stop and see it new and not me stopping anything. Rather, it is God Father in of risen Son doing that in love and mercy through me. His done work, not any new work ever. It has taken me a long while to see it, and that is done by not quitting belief to he is risen for me, and all others too, to be new and take no credit for doing it correctly now by his love and mercy only it is done for us to be new to all in love true love ass in 1 Cor 13:4-7 to me at least after gettinging imputed those verses from God, god does this for us all that are sincere
 

Bruce_Leiter

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Let’s say reading the Bible counts and praying. Let’s for this discussion exclude, listening to Christian or praise music.
God has taught me to fellowship with him all the time every day in constant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). Then, he pops into my brain thoughts for his direction for my life, especially in my case ideas for books he wants me to write.
 

jacko

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I talk to silently to God when at work. Of course, when sleeping the mute button is pressed. When at home by myself, I sometimes talk quietly out loud in these conversations.

That’s exactly my point when I’m at work. I don’t rob my employer by not giving him 100% attention, if you’re a neurosurgeon, you’re focusing on your job at hand and that’s what God expects of you. Unless you are an othrodox schema monk living in a mountain, or you are retired. You won’t be able to pray when you’re sleeping and you won’t be praying or reqding the Bible when you’re working so assuming you work eight hours a day and sleep eight hours a day that leaves eight hours a day which would be the maximum give or take a couple hours you can put in. It seems people on this forum have a very typical concept of reading the criteria “I specifically layout” which is dedicated time specifically for prayer or reading the Bible.
 

jacko

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God has taught me to fellowship with him all the time every day in constant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). Then, he pops into my brain thoughts for his direction for my life, especially in my case ideas for books he wants me to write.


Did you read the criteria, brother, that I posted?
 

jacko

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Im not really sure what you mean by “ how much time “ we put in it’s a lifetime commitment brother to live a new life for God and not for ourselves anymore. So what we want to do is listen to him and what he’s saying in the gospel.

im old , there was times in my life brother that I put very little of anything into my side of the relationship and God still loved me because I believed in Jesus. I didn’t know them but now I realize I’m those times , he was putting his time into me beating up my ignorance and stupidity , forebearing with my poor choices and my alcoholism that fueled it all.

Somehow through no good doing of my own infact through a lot of bad doings on my part God never stopped caring and helping and blessing and protecting and calling to and reminding me of ect he never stopped when I lacked my part is what I mean

now I’ve gone and turned white headed and gotten old somehow , really could not tell you how it happened honestly but I’m definately an old goat now and things are different because I finally listened to the words I’ve always heard or read or prayed about

It’s just been a lifetime commitment first God committed to me and then won me over and somewhere along the way in the middle I suppose late Middle I reckon. I really commited to trust all the stuff he had taught me over the years in good times and bad .

What I was getting at is it’s a full time relationship between god and the believer. And isnt really just about reading a Bible , praying , or attending church but it’s really about our daily life and how we treat other people as Christian’s in the world representing Christ.

Its not really about allotting certain time for prayer or study or church which are all great uses of some of our time and essential but also is about how we act towards others

Do we help or harm ? Do we walk on by as if we don’t see as the levite religious preist in the story ? Or will we be as the Good Samaritan who loves his neighbor as himself ?

it’s really about k owing Gods there with us when we’re in the open and in the dark and so it’s wise to learn his will and ways but then as we begin to trust and apply them to life it becomes a tangible relationship that goes both ways ….like a loving father and his children responding to his teaching then as they grow up into decent productive peaceful helpful humans

who also happen to share the good news of Jesus with others when they find a chance to drop a seed or two

jesus teaches us in the gospel to try to live one day at a time and seek his kingdom and righteousness because each day has its own struggles and challenges we’ll face. But we want to start and end our days acknowledging God brother because he’s with us when we believe the gospel and call upon his name

We may not even realize like I didn’t until I got white headed but he’s there with us even before we’ve become better people or made drastic changes but just because we truly believe the gospel and desire to do better to get away from the things we feel and know are wrong

id say I’ve put about seventy years give or take hearing about Jesus and then later seeking more about him in his word and I believe Gods out far more time in than I have working on the old cracked lump of clay

it’s being born into his family brother as if your a new child and begin to learn from your father about your new life maybe try reading fifteen minutes in the am with some prayer and coffee if you drink it , it’s a good way to get some thoughts to ponder through the day and fill our mind with better things more often better reflections and thoughts matter alot

But the fifteen min of reading is because we’re learning about our father and new life and role in his family so it’s like a reaping and seeing nature we are going to be more aware of our relationship with God , the more we put into it on a regular basis even if it’s fofteen or twenty min reading it’s about applying those things to ourselves learnkng gods ways and blessing others in his name


Brother, it’s a simple question.
 

jacko

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#33
Yes, conversations take place in the forums.

One post is a question. Nobody answers the questions but answers with more statements. That’s not how it usually works.
 

Magenta

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“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:19-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Thank you for the inspiration! I hope you and yours are well .:)
 

Cameron143

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Part of the problem is that there are those who attempt to keep God in their consciousness at all times. Even as they work, or simply engage in a conversation, they do so in light of God's word and are seeking to hear His voice in the midst of it.

For such ones, all of life is viewed as prayer; a constant conversation and consideration of God. It is living from the inside out.

Within this there will certainly be times dedicated to closeted prayer and Bible study, which is what you are interested in. But this is not as easy a separation for some as others.
 

jacko

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Question.. how much time do you spend working out at the gym every day?

Answer member 1.. a lot
Answer member 2.. working out at the gym is not enough. We can also work out at home..
Answer member 3.. Einstein says time is defined as the correlation between…

Answer member 4 1 hour a day, usually and 2 hours weekends. THANK YOU…
 

jacko

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Part of the problem is that there are those who attempt to keep God in their consciousness at all times. Even as they work, or simply engage in a conversation, they do so in light of God's word and are seeking to hear His voice in the midst of it.

For such ones, all of life is viewed as prayer; a constant conversation and consideration of God. It is living from the inside out.

Within this there will certainly be times dedicated to closeted prayer and Bible study, which is what you are interested in. But this is not as easy a separation for some as others.


Again, back to my neurosurgeon analogy… if he’s in an eight hour surgery, he’s not having a conversation with God at that moment and I don’t think God expects him to. Difference from theoretical and versus practical..
 

Cameron143

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Again, back to my neurosurgeon analogy… if he’s in an eight hour surgery, he’s not having a conversation with God at that moment and I don’t think God expects him to. Difference from theoretical and versus practical..
You see it this way because you haven't experienced what I am referring to. For you it is apples and oranges; for some it is fruit salad.
 

jacko

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You see it this way because you haven't experienced what I am referring to. For you it is apples and oranges; for some it is fruit salad.
ok fair enough. A reasonable and thoughtful response, thank you.
 

Eli1

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I'm glad you found that answer by Cameroon helpful @jacko because i was about to comment on what you said to Tourist, but looks like you understand the perspective i'm guessing.