Sermon Illustrations

Tag: intimacy

  • Light

    The blood does not cover what we leave hidden in darkness and refuse to uncover. “If we walk in the light… the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1: 7). We can confess our sin to God, and He forgives us the first time we ask, but we can…

  • Intimacy, simplicity and obedience

    The ability to hear what God is saying, to see what God is doing, and to move in the realm of the miraculous comes as an individual develops the same intimacy with and dependence upon the Father [as Jesus had]. How did Jesus do what he did? The answer is found in his relationship with…

  • Allowing darkness

    When we have allowed darkness into our lives in any one of the first three areas—unconfessed sin, unresolved conflicts with other people, or with our own masks and pretenses—we can then easily become cut off from our sense of intimacy with God. That lack of intimacy in our most important relationship often leads to problems…

  • Key to intimacy with God

    God placed a key to intimacy in my hand, a key for which I had been searching for many years. It was a defining moment for my family when First John 1: 5-9 exploded in my heart. I could finally see it. Lasting fellowship and intimacy are possible only when I am willing to bring…

  • Their sainthood lay in their

    Their sainthood lay in their habit of referring the smallest actions to God. They lived in God; they acted from a pure motive of love towards God Gordon MacdonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*