Are There Other Ways To Connect With God Than Church?

An unspoken message that rolls around the church world is “If you are not reading your Bible and going to church, you are not honoring God.”

But are there other ways to connect with God than those? How can weconnect to God outside of going to church and reading the Bible?

The short answer is yes. There are so many different ways to connect with God. I wanted to write on this topic because I, myself have struggled with feeling guilty for not going to church or reading my Bible on the daily for hours. Anyone else?

Connecting With God Can Look Like Many Things

Connecting with God can look like listening to worship music while you clean your house. It can look like enjoying coffee with friends and talking about what you are learning. It can look like inviting God into a moment or your day, saying “God, You are welcome here.” Connecting with God can look like going for a walk or run and inviting God to come with you. You can invite God to speak to you and listen to what He has to say over you. Or it could look like talking to Him and journaling all your thoughts and worries, allowing Him to bring wisdom and insight. It doesn’t have to be a formula or a perfect moment. Just like talking with friends, God can be invited into any space you’re in.

Something the Lord has been teaching me lately is that when I connect with myself, my true identity, who God has made me to be, I am connecting to Him. Sounds wild right? But it’s true. Every time I choose to connect with myself, I am connecting with God. When I feel most like me, those moments where I feel so connected to myrself and I am proud of myself, those moments God is connecting with me. Because He lives in me, anytime I connect to my true self, He is there. When I’m journaling and unraveling all my thoughts. Or when I’m driving in the car listening to my favorite music on blast. The moments I choose to really see me and love me, He is present with me.

We Learn How To Connect With Ourselves Through How Others Connect To Us

We learn to value ourselves through seeing how others value us, including God.

When we allow God to show us how He values and sees us, we begin to see ourselves that way too. Just like how we learn from the people around us when we are young. We have learned from our parents how to value and see ourselves. That may not have been the way God intended for us to be seen. It’s actually likely that your parents couldn’t perfectly see you the way that God sees you, parents are perfect, that’s okay!

But that doesn’t mean we can’t relearn how to see ourselves from God. When we are connecting with God, we are learning from Him. We are learning by how He views us. By how He values us and chooses us over and over again. It’s So important to spend time connecting with God and seeing how He sees us. God sees us the way He created us individually. He sees all the quarks and funny things we do. The way He made us to think and learn. All those fun things that make us who we are. And He loves us for it!

God Loves To Connect With You!

Did you know that God LOVES to connect with you?

God is near every moment of every day. So we don’t need to do extravagant things to connect with Him. He’s already near! All we need is to be aware of Him. That is true connection with God.

So yes, go to the church services, read your Bible, pray and worship Him. But also, begin to acknowledge how close He is outside of those moments. He loves to show us where He is in any given moment. He loves to show us that He is near. God is not a far-off God that only comes close when we read our Bible or pray. God is a God who is near all the time. He is a God that longs to be close to us. A God who loves to lavish His love on us and show us off. He wants you to know how special you are to Him and to the world.

What Ways Do You Connect With God?

Friend! I would love to know the unique ways you connect with God! Leave me a comment below and tell me a few ways you love to connect with God. What ways do you feel are special connection time with God?

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