I want a relationship with god?

Question

I am a born again christian. I believe in god and his word, but I cant seem to stick to it. I want to stop doing some of the things that I feel is causing me to not have a relationship with him. I do many un holy things, but now I feel its time I put those things aside and get my relationship back with the lord. How do i gain my relationship with him even if I am a christian?

Answer 1

Hey, that sounds great. Just tell Him the same thing. He is waiting to hear from you agian.

Answer 2

Dear Meka,

I know this is going to sound kinda harsh but it is the truth. You cannot live victoriously or have a relationship with God (Jesus Christ) unless He has saved you. Now there are many pastors and churches that will tell you to repent, pray a certain prayer, be baptized, and you are saved but this is satans big lie! If you read 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. You see the Bible tells us that satan and his servants "appear" as righteous. His greatest lie is telling people that they can do "something" to become saved. They will choose certain verses of the Bible to present their lie but they do not take the whole Bible into consideration. Please look at Ephesians 2:1-3 or Ezekile 37 or John 11. God tells us that we are ALL DEAD in sins and trespasses--we cannot hear God let alone obey His commands. We are ALL like stinking, rotting corpses. Only the Lord can open our "spiritual ears to hear" and give us life. There are also many Scriptures that tells us that we cannot do ANYTHING to get ourselves saved! Look at Ephesians 2:8, 9 or Titus 3:5 or Deteronomy 30:6 or Ezekiel 36:24-28 and others. The LORD does everything in salvation because He is the only One that can. Next read Romans 9.
I tell you that there are so many well meaning people who have been deceived. Matthew 7:21-23 is one of the most sobering warnings in the Bible. If God is going to save you, it will occur in the environment of hearing the word of God. We read in Romans 10:17, "So then, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by word of God." In Revelation 19:11 Jesus is referred to as FAITHFUL and TRUE. So then, Christ cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. All I can tell you is to keep reading the Bible and praying the Lord for mercy (Lamentation 3:26).

Answer 3

In the Roman Catholic Church, people are told that anyone who is not a member of the Catholic Church can not get right with God.They tell you that their priests are your connection to God.You are taught to ask Mary (the mother of Jesus) to pray for you.They also suggest asking various saints to help you as they once helped themselves. In essence, this establishes a chain of helpers that you use to reach to God. However, if the church, priests, Mary, and saints are between you and God, you do not have a personal relationship with God at all.Fortunately, the Bible reveals that none of the things mentioned are needed to have a relationship with God. Therefore, you can remove all the “helpers” between you and God (except Jesus), making the relationship a lot more personal. Of course, Jesus paid the price for your sins with His blood, (if you are willing to accept His gift), so He will not stand between you and God—He allows you to stand before God. Stated another way, the relationship we have with God is as His children—“adopted” through His Son, Jesus Christ.
A time will come when we will literally meet God. In the meantime, how can we develop this “personal” relationship? We do it by following a two step communication process. We call our communicating to God “praying.” That is, praying is a way of talking to God. The Bible tells us that God listens to our prayers, and we can use the model prayer above to get us started. You will notice it contains four parts:

Praise of God
Requests Made of God
Asking for Forgiveness
Requests to Keep Us from Temptation
These are mostly self-explanatory. If God is really God, He does deserve our praise and support. Further, as our Father, we can expect Him to help us in our lives. By the way, God will not grant every request. As children may not understand why their parents will not let them play in the street, there will be times we do not understand why God does not seem to answer our prayers. In time, we will add more information about answered prayer, but for now you should know that God will give you what is best for you, long term. Read the story of Joseph, which starts in tragedy (Genesis chapter 37) but ends in triumph (Genesis chapter 45) to get a glimpse of how this is possible.

Although not part of the model prayer, when God does answer our prayers, it makes sense to thank God for what He has done. We do not like ungrateful children, and there is no reason to believe that God appreciates our being ungrateful to Him. By the way, many people have learned that keeping a written record of what they have asked for is helpful. You may be surprised to learn how many prayers will be answered—even though God may not use the same time frame that you were hoping for!
We also need to ask God to forgive our sins. Each of us can make a mistake, and although the Christ's sacrifice will pay for every sin, it will not pardon us of one excuse. Then once you confess your sin, do not do it again. (To do so would make your confession a lie, wouldn't it?) This is where the request to keep us from temptation comes in.God communicates to us, through his written “word,” the Bible.

Answer 4

hi meka i want to tell you something god says that we all are sinners and are out of heaven but we have a great gift that is jesuscrist if you want to stop doing bad things stop doing them and start feeling the presence of the holy spirit in your life you have a good start by wanting to stop doing wrong i want to ask u have u accepted Jesus as your savior???? if u have congratulation you are from gods family and the holy spirit lives in you read you bible everyday read john and I'm praying for you from this moment on Jesus died for all your since trust in him is the only way out and you ll be happy fore ever God bless you

Answer 5

JOHN 14:15-17

15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17 even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Answer 6

become a jesus freak leave evrything behind and put God first worship him during sunny and stormy days and be a light in the dark.God Bless ill be praying for you

Answer 7

Giving up bad habits is not an easy thing. We have our freewill so we can use it to refrain from bad habits or continue with them. It is all up to you. You can pray for strength.

Answer 8

Pray. God has set you free, and who He has set free is free indeed, He loves you and He has provided you freedom just take it.