There are 3 main things that separate us from God, Dr. Stanley takes time to highlight these areas. Are any of these an issue in your life?

there are three barriers so you might

want to jot these down there three

barriers in his the first it is pride we

don’t pray because I can handle it

we don’t ask him I’ll work it out its

pride the reason people don’t get on

their knees except their physical things

sometimes it’s pride how can you be too

prideful to get on your knees to holy

righteous sovereign God every breath you

have is a gift from him somebody says I

don’t need to get on my knees no you

don’t you don’t need to honor God you

don’t need the Reverend Scott but you

get what comes for that it is prior to

key that keeps us off our knees pride

that keeps us in sin in their words we’d

rather have a relationship with somebody

than God we’d rather have this that him

her and the other than God it’s pride

the second thing is rebellion sin as

long as their sin in their life there’s

no intimacy with God when people say

well I’ll prove it but nothing happens I

pray but God is naturally I pray in

mm-hmm-hmm then you need to look at

yourself and ask yourself the question

God isn’t the problem you’re the problem

there is no intimacy where there is

rebellion now think about this you have

to think about your own relationships

can you have a intimate relationship of

a husband a wife have you just written

Bell yes against you no you cannot you

can have an intimate relationship with

your children if they’re in rebellion in

their life and then the last one is real

simple if it’s pride if it’s rebellion

and then if you’re in a hurry if you’re

in a hurry you won’t develop an intimate

relationship with God it takes time time

to read his word and meditate upon it

think about it ask questions God what

are you saying to me

Lord how does

my life is this a warning is this

something that I I need to look at in my

life

a lord thank you for this wonderful

promise time to read time to talk to him

time to listen to him cannot tell you

how very important that is and you see

here’s what will happen the more you

listen the more you’re going to hear and

the more you hear the more excited

you’re gonna be and the more excited

you’re gonna be the more time you want

to give to listen to him now if you’re

in love with somebody you like listening

and you see the more you love him the

you gonna want to listen he’s

willing to tell you far more than you

expect

because you see knowing that God gave

his son for me I know he’ll give me all

the information and everything else I

need and that’s what Paul meant in

Romans when he said having given us his

son Jesus Christ will he withhold from

us any good thing and the answer is no

so with that in mind would you say that

you have an intimate relationship with

God or would you have to say I missed it

you say when do I start now think about

this all of us one of these days no

matter where we are and whatever our age

our heart’s gonna beat for the last time

and we’re gonna meet the father

is he gonna be a stranger to you

are they able to have the kind of

intimate relationship while you’re here

in this life whereby your life can

impact the people around you not because

of what you’re doing but because of what

he living within you is able to do

through you and that is my prayer for

you don’t be satisfied with less in your

relationship to him than intimacy which

is the will and purpose and plan of God

for you and father how grateful we are

when we think about you perfect holy

awesome God having a personal intimate

relationship with sinners like us but

because the blood of your son has washed

as clean and sanctified as unto yourself

you willing to do it and I pray for

every person who hears this message

create within them this awesome holy

dissatisfaction with where they are and

a hunger to know you in a deeper way

than ever before in Jesus name Amen