How do you know you have a relationship with God?

[deafjazzy]

I’ve come back to this thread because I have returned to the same question. I am thinking of quitting Mass attendance, Bible reading, and prayer – ie. concluding that Christian belief is a Grand Mistake, concluding that agnosticism is true and practical atheism best – after Easter, if God does not … do something more, if my life does not change: I cannot bear to continue trying to believe that God is my Father, that I am His adopted son, that the Eucharist is Jesus, that all things work for our good if we are obedient, in light of such Absence, Silence, pain, and absurdity as I experience in my life. Belief in spite of this evidence, especially given the gross lack of reason to believe,* is unreasonable.

• In addition to God’s apparent silence, inactivity, etc., I have yet to encounter an argument that is not false, invalid, or uncertain.

I am sorry, you have not found a way to HIm.For me to connect to Him is by silence, Listen within and pay attention to HIs Words that lives within me and you , pay attention to dreams that come to me and you at the night. Empty your heart of darkness and bring love into yours. Empty your negative thoughts but a blank, nothing to think and those will come to you. God cant communicate with anyone who think this or that. Problem with yours and others, they probably don’t remember them. Wake up and remember them is other way to connect to Him. They used to come to me at the nights, I used to see them and they had to wiped my thoughts and put me back to sleep. I don’t recall till my body broke down and my memories flooded back. So i knew they do that to everyone, if they see us watch them then they will do same thing to them alike they did to me. ( i am speaking of those angels) My heart is not pure as white but I am not that stupid by follow what others tell me, they are not real etc… I just follow what my heart tell me. Of course Jesus was first one who came to me one night. He told me He will never let me go even I am sinner. He taught me a lot more than what priests tell people at the masses. Or read bible. I do read the verses when I need it for the lesson of the day but I am not expert on those words in the bible nor I do not go to mass for awhile. I have a good reason not to go mass for awhile but I do miss the music coming in from above to the church.

Other trick, here everything come to our thoughts are not ours but God. Focus on those thoughts only good ones

 

[Eric_Hyom]

I’ve come back to this thread because I have returned to the same question. I am thinking of quitting Mass attendance, Bible reading, and prayer – ie. concluding that Christian belief is a Grand Mistake, concluding that agnosticism is true and practical atheism best – after Easter, if God does not … do something more, if my life does not change: I cannot bear to continue trying to believe that God is my Father, that I am His adopted son, that the Eucharist is Jesus, that all things work for our good if we are obedient, in light of such Absence, Silence, pain, and absurdity as I experience in my life. Belief in spite of this evidence, especially given the gross lack of reason to believe,* is unreasonable.

• In addition to God’s apparent silence, inactivity, etc., I have yet to encounter an argument that is not false, invalid, or uncertain.

The greatest commandment is to love God, but how can you love a God who you have never met? I believe the answer is to be found in the second commandment, love your neighbour as yourself. Jesus has a heart for the poor, and you show your love directly to Jesus when you love the poor in practical ways.

Mathew 25
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

I have been trying to help homeless people for the last few years, and it has been a profound experience. As well as trying to help them in practical ways, they have taught me a lot about my faith.

One homeless man said, I have no worries, God loves me. Another homeless man said, whenever he finds shelter for the night, he thanks God for all the good things that happened during the day. We brought some food for a homeless lady, in her sixties,she asked if she could pray for us. These are all people who carry their home in a bag, they have virtually nothing, and they don’t know if they will eat tomorrow, or find somewhere safe and dry to sleep, they have no real way of locking the door and keeping people out of their bedroom…

 

[smetobo]

You know you have a relationship with God when you start to experience his unconditional love for you.
It’s unconditional, he loves you and there’s nothing you can do to stop his love, it’s his nature. We on the other hand are weak and easily discouraged in the face of suffering here below.

Visit my blog BPS Lay Mnistry and read more about having a beautiful relationship with your heavenly Father. He is ever “close to the brokenhearted, to those crushed in spirit” Ps 34:18