Intimidade com Deus

A intimidade com Deus é o maior privilégio do cristão. Ele nos convida a nos aproximar, a conhecê-lo profundamente e a desfrutar de comunhão diária com o Criador do universo.

Aproximar-se de Deus

Chegai-vos a Deus e Ele se chegará a vós. Deus deseja intimidade, não religiosidade. Ele busca os que o buscam de todo coração.

8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Tiago 4:8

An Invitation to Abundant Life

1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,

Come to the waters;

And you who have no money,

Come, buy and eat.

Yes, come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without price.

2 Why do you spend money for whatis not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat whatis good,

And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.

Hear, and your soul shall live;

And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—

The sure mercies of David.

4 Indeed I have given him asa witness to the people,

A leader and commander for the people.

5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,

And nations who do not know you shall run to you,

Because of the Lord your God,

And the Holy One of Israel;

For He has glorified you."

6 Seek the Lord while He may be found,

Call upon Him while He is near.

Isaías 55:1-6

24 "It shall come to pass

That before they call, I will answer;

And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Isaías 65:24

3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Jeremias 33:3

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremias 29:11

Sede de Deus

Como a corça deseja as correntes de água, assim a minha alma suspira por ti, ó Deus. A intimidade nasce do desejo profundo.

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

Salmos 42:1,2

Joy in the Fellowship of God

1 O God, You are my God;

Early will I seek You;

My soul thirsts for You;

My flesh longs for You

In a dry and thirsty land

Where there is no water.

2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,

To see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,

My lips shall praise You.

4 Thus I will bless You while I live;

I will lift up my hands in Your name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,

And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

6 When I remember You on my bed,

I meditate on You in the night watches.

7 Because You have been my help,

Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

8 My soul follows close behind You;

Your right hand upholds me.

9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it,

Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They shall fall by the sword;

They shall be a portion for jackals.

11 But the king shall rejoice in God;

Everyone who swears by Him shall glory;

But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

Salmos 63:1-11

Unidade com o Pai

Jesus orou pela unidade dos seus com o Pai. A intimidade com Deus inclui confissão, perdão e alegria na comunhão.

22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.