How Can Believers Deepen Their Intimacy with the Lord？ (Clip) — Dean Taylor

A Real Relationship with Jesus Christ

You know primarily having a real relationship with Jesus Christ makes you want to talk with him. It makes you want to spend time with the Lord. But you know in our busyness of our life with raising families the businesses of ministry there.

The Battle for a Consistent Prayer Life

This is truly the hardest battle that we face. I've Going through my life. I've talked to many men of God and I've said to them. Okay, so tell me about your prayer life how do you have a routine and a and a solid prayer life.

Prayer as a Safeguard Against Sin

And Those that are the most honest have told me that it's very difficult it is the fight, but it is a fight that we must win because I Think it was John Bunyan who said that Prayer will keep us from sin or sin will keep us from prayer.

And this idea is is so important I found it important enough that To have accountability and many of the issues and growing in in our in our lives in our churches. We need to be able to get with brothers who are literally asking us.

Are you spending time with God? And this kind of accountability is what the local church is about and and We need to see this as important. We it's good that we care about sins in our lives. It's good that we care about our families and our different things with ministry.

Learning from Prayer Warriors

But let's get real with each other and make sure we're holding each other accountable with prayer. I've been very inspired by people's Testimonies and and biographies of prayer that's always inspired me and reading writings like Ian bounds and praying Hyde and and the the different heroes of prayer has has also just made an impact in my life of Having a deeper intimacy with God.