Psalm 27:8. When you said, seek my face, my heart said unto you, your face Lord I will seek.
Psalm 42:1. As the deer pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul for you O God. 2. My soul thirst for God, for the Living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
This is like the person who set your exams and will mark your scripts teaching you how to answer the question. Would you listen to him or not.
James 4:8. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…
1. Intimacy is not a gift. It’s not a prerogative of some people. It’s a choice anyone can make.
2. Everyman is as close to God as he is willing to pay the price.
3. Your call to intimacy is much greater than your call to ministry. Walking with God should supersede working for God. 😄You can work for God and end up in hell. But you can’t walk with God and be lost.

HOW DO WE DEVELOP INTIMACY
1. Make it a priority. Make it your goal in life. John 5:19. Then Jesus answered and said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do, for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. John 15:5b…For without me you can do nothing.
2. Get a revelation of God as Love. No one wants to pursue a painful experience. 😄In Genesis 3, before Adam had any challenge he could pray about, God walked in the garden in the cool of the day. Eph 3:17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith: that you, being rooted and grounded in love. 19. To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

3. As much as possible, create a place, and time for an appointment with God. Anything you do repeatedly for 21 days becomes a habit. Great people are people of great habits.
4. Create around you an atmosphere of the Word.
5. Accept and welcome the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He is called the Friend. John 16:7. He came to establish close fellowship with us.
6. Develop a culture of prayer. Every 2-3 hours take time to worship God. Pray for people on the street that you may never see again.
7. Pray in tongues. 1 Cor 14:2. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
God speaks back. He can speak back in tongues so that you can interpret. He can speak back by highlighting a scripture. The language God does not speak is the language of unbelief or complaints or murmuring.