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Knowing the Ways of God. Today's main scripture

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is in Psalms and it talks about the Israelites

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knew God's acts while Moses knew God's ways.

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When it says know God's ways, it means know him,

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God himself. How he operates, how he thinks.

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Also is about a deeper relationship with Christ.

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When Moses talked to God, it was not what God

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can do for me, but it was more of how can we

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build and grow this intimate relationship I have

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with God. To understand this is that knowing

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God's ways is knowing Him personally, knowing

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Him intimately. And we see that throughout the

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scripture how Moses walked with God. how he listened

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to God, how he understood God. The Israelites,

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on the other hand, they knew his acts, but then

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afterwards, they forgot. When you have a friend,

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you don't want them to just come to you when

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they need something. You want them to talk to

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you. You want to grow your friendship, to have

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a deeper friendship with that person, instead

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of them just coming to you whenever they want

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something. When we're willing to actually talk

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to God, that's when we understand God. He wants

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to stretch us and mold us into his likeness so

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that he can have a deeper intimate relationship

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with us. Knowing God's ways is knowing his thoughts,

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how he thinks. Of course, we are not going to

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know everything because if we knew everything,

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we would think that we are higher than God. Also,

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When we understand God's ways, we also build

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a deeper connection with God. So that means that

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we become a friend of God and also a person after

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God's own heart. Just like David. When we put

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our trust in God, we actually see God move in

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our lives. We see how God operates in our lives.

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So then we focus on Him instead of what He just

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did for us. For instance, when we think of God's

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acts, we think of Him healing us, taking care

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of all of our needs, giving us that new car,

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also getting us out of trouble. But when we think

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of God's ways, we think of how God is a faithful

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God, how He's a compassionate God, how He's the

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fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience,

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kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self -control.

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How he is slow to anger and abounding in love.

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That and also how he loves the sinner but not

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the sin. That is how he operates because that

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is who he is. That's the character of God. And

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also when we focus on God's character we grow

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in the likeness of Christ. We grow more of his

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character. That's what it means to know the ways

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of God because now we are not operating in our

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flesh but in the spirit. So, I have two questions

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for you. One, do you have a personal intimate

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relationship with Jesus Christ? And two, If so,

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are you more focused on the ways of God or His

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acts? So, if you have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, then this message will help

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you. But if you don't have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give

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your heart to the Lord today. To receive Him

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into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says,

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If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus

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and believe in your heart that God has raised

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him from the dead, you will be saved. For with

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the heart one believes unto righteousness and

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the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are

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saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You

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are saved from all your sins, past, present,

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and future sins you may commit. Now this truth

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is not a free past to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus

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gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers

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you to spread the gospel about Jesus. You are

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saved forever and your name is written in the

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book of life.