Hi, welcome to today's podcast. This is Michael Beckio with brilliant perspectives.

This week we're excited to feature a clip from Graham's acclaimed talk at the Wild Love event from 2018.

This event sparked a conversation within our community on what it means to dedicate your devotional life to the Lord and how having a healthy devotional life can transform

your relationship with Jesus from a transactional one where you ask for something during prayer

and he either answers or doesn't into a relational one a rich

interaction of ongoing communion and connection with the Holy Spirit.

Over 45-plus years in, Graham's written and created resources that run the gamut on numerous subjects of faith.

All of them have been a blessing, but one of the most revelatory of them that I've heard him teach on

has been the message of what it means to truly

know God and be known by Him.

Enjoy.

I am more in love with Jesus now, now than ever.

I have more in love with Jesus now than ever.

I had some great mentors growing up in the spirit and they all to a man taught me the importance

of walking with the Lord in the Lord and spending 80% of my ministry on Jesus.

Because the other 20% of my ministry on Jesus.

Because the other 20%, you know, I could do everything else.

And I've known over the years, many people I've known over the years many people I've seen ministries come and go.

And when you analyze why they left the scene.

Typically it's because they had a great working relationship

with Jesus but a lousy friendship.

And all of their ministry was based around

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