Day 11 - God wants to be my best friend.

Quotes from the book:

Our relationship to Him has many aspects: He is our Creator and Maker, Lord and Master, Judge, Redeemer, Father, Savior, and much more. But the most shocking truth is, He also wants to be our Best friend. We were designed for this type of friendship with God. In the garden of Eden before the fall, it was like that. God just came and spent time with Adam and Eve. But ever since we decided that our way is better than God's, he has loved us enough to let us make our own mistakes. Now we are confused on how to get back to a real friendship with God.It's difficult to imagine how an intimate friendship is possible between an omnipotent, invisible, perfect God and finite, sinful human being. It's easier to understand a Master-servant relationship or a Creator-creation relationship or even Father-child.
6 secrets to Becoming God's Best friend:
Through Constant Conversation. The fact is, He is with us all the time. So all we have to do is recognize this and do something about it. If we want to talk to Him, we just pray. We don't have to kneel down and close our eyes and bow our heads. Those are habits made to keep us from being distracted while we pray. Real prayer is just going through the day, letting Him know how you feel. Including Him in every activity, every conversation, every problem and even every thought. You can carry on a continuous, open-ended, conversation with Him throughout the day, talking with Him about whatever you are doing or thinking at that moment. "Praying without ceasing", means conversing with God while shopping, driving, working, or performing any other everyday tasks.

Through Continual Meditation. Meditation is often misunderstood as some difficult, mysterious ritual practiced by isolated monks and mystics. But meditation is simply focused thinking -- a skill anyone can learn and use anywhere. When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to God's Word. The more you meditate on His word, the less you have to worry.

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you ~ Rick Warren

 

Question to Consider: 

What can I do to remind myself to think about God and talk to Him more often throughout the day?