Welcome to the In Touch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday January 11th.

Do you want to know God better?

The answer is probably an easy yes, but sometimes things get in the way. Let's find help removing barriers and

developing intimacy with God on the way to living the extraordinary life.

The most important thing in your life today, next week, next month, next year, 20 years from now, 40 years from now, the day that you pass away from this life, the most important thing in your life.

It's not what you own.

It's not even who you are.

The most important thing in your life is your personal intimate relationship

with Jesus Christ second to nothing else.

It is the most important thing in your life because everything about you, everything in your environment,

every relationship you have, your work, your friends, your loved ones, your money, every single

aspect of your life is affected by your relationship to him.

Because you see when that's right, God can make all these other things so awesome.

When it's not right, no matter what you do and how hard you try, it's not going to work out right. You'll still be looking for peace and

joy and fulfillment and satisfaction and contentment. You won't find any of that.

Until first of all you develop an intimate relationship with Jesus

Christ you say well now what in the world is that notice I haven't mentioned

church or reading the Bible or praying or giving or

witnessing because that's not what we're talking about those are things Christians

do. I'm talking about a relationship. I'm talking about a relationship talking about a personal relationship between you and God

through his son Jesus Christ

and one of the most beautiful

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