FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS

1. Falling In Love With Jesus

a) When is the last time you let Jesus woo you to want more of Him? Picture encountering Jesus face-to-face. The following guide is a call to the heart of God. Give yourself the gift of time. Slip away with the lover of your soul for an hour, an afternoon, or a whole day and soak in this.

i) Get still. Sit before Him to talk with Him. Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10). 

ii) Draw near His heart. Come near to God and he will come near to you (James 4:8). 

iii) Seek His face. One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek (Psalm 27:4, 8).

iv) Spend time in His presence. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand (Psalm 16:11).

v) Spend time knowing Him better. You cannot love someone you do not know. Let Him teach you who He is through His names and attributes. Each one reveals something about Him.

vi) Tell Him all those things that you are willing to count as nothing compared with knowing Him and seeing His glory (Philippians 3:7-8): your ministry, your reputation, your personal strengths, your intellect, your pride, your self-sufficiency, your will, your ambition, your relationships, your job, your sins, your failures, etc. Say, “I give it all. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing” (1 Chronicles 21:23; 2 Samuel 24:24). Give all that you know, and then open yourself up for God to show you new “all’s.”