What are we talking about when we use the phrase knowing God? A special sort of emotion? Shivers down the back? A dreamy, off-the-ground, floating feeling? Or is knowing God a special sort of intellectual experience? According to Scripture, this is a region in which it is easy to be fooled. What is truly necessary to know God?

1. Commitment. Knowing about God is a necessary precondition ...

Topics:	Leadership, Meditation, Prayer, Pursuit of God, Quiet time, Solitude, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual formation
Filters:	Discipleship, Elder, Pastor, Pastoral care, Shepherd, Spiritual director
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	John 17:3
Date Added:	July 31, 2007

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Topics:	Leadership, Meditation, Prayer, Pursuit of God, Quiet time, Solitude, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual formation
Filters:	Discipleship, Elder, Pastor, Pastoral care, Shepherd, Spiritual director
Purpose:	Discipleship
References:	John 17:3, Romans 12:1-8, Colossians 1:28
Date Added:	August 27, 2007

It's ironic. I used to call the time I set aside for God my "quiet time." However, those times, filled with words—the words I read, studied, wrote, or whispered toward the ceiling, wondering if God even heard—felt anything but quiet. They felt more like "doing" times—as in completing tasks on a list. And, truth be told, sometimes they also felt like "doing time," as in punishment ...

Topics:	Leadership, Meditation, Prayer, Soul, Transformation
Filters:	Pastor, Prayer, Small group leader, Spiritual director, Woman leader
Purpose:	Worship
References:	Esther 4:15-16, John 17, Hebrews 11:6
Date Added:	March 17, 2009