Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, February 1st.

An intimate relationship with God begins with receiving his gift of forgiveness through faith in Jesus.

All who trust in Him are saved the same world. forgiveness through faith in Jesus.

All who trust in him are saved the same way

and no one is loved by God any more or any less than anyone else.

But not everyone knows him as well as others do.

If you'd like to have a closer, warmer friendship with God,

stay with us for part one of favorites versus intimates.

How many of you got special friends?

You've got special friends.

More than likely, there's some friends you have that you just sort of like being their friend. In fact, to be

their friend gives you a little, you know you feel at least about two inches

taller and so there's some people to have them as your friends. It's very, very dear to you.

Listen to what God says about Abraham. The scripture says, and he was called the friend of God. Now did that mean that he was

something extra special? Well he was chosen by God and when we think of

of having a special relationship to God once in a while people say well you know I

just believe God plays favorites because look what he does for him and look

what he does for her.

And so sometimes we want to put God in the category of playing favorites.

Now, God has chosen, as we know in the scriptures for example, he raised up men and

women for a specific task. Now it's one thing for God to choose a man or a woman making a divine choice for a divine purpose to fit God's plan.

That's one thing, but to say that God is playing favorites over here is something else.

...