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In this video, we're going to talk about the question, "How can you grow a deeper,

personal relationship with God?"

Now, this question was sent into us by frischer kaese.

frischer kaese, I do hope I pronounced your name correctly.

Forgive me if I did not.

But, thank you for this question.

It is Profound.

And, by the way, if you have a question you would like talked about or

a topic to chat with me about, please leave it in the comments section below.

I'd love to hear from you.

But in the meantime, how do we grow our personal

relationship with God?

Now, my name is Charles Yerkes and I am with simplenotshallow.com.

Where we help you keep it Simple Not Shallow.

So, the very first thing that comes to mind is simply to

read the Bible and pray.

Now, it is an answer that I think has become almost

trite among Christian people.

"Read the Bible and pray."

It is spoken so fast, so quickly; I don't think we think about it a

whole lot.

And, as such, I find that little phrase to not be completely satisfying.

I want something a little more.

And you know, I think that God being a relational

God, this question demands a relational Answer.

I think what we need to do is find a way to couch reading the Bible

and praying in relational terms.

So that, we get the most out of it.

And you know, it's interesting talking about relationships.

Relationships, personal relationships always involve two people;

two people actively involved in building the relationship.

And hanging out together and talking together and joking

together just spending time relating with each other.

And, in a personal relationship with God, one of these

persons is God.

So I think, the very first thing is that you must invite God into an

active personal relationship.

And, the second person, of course, is yourself.

You must decide that you want

an active personal relationship; that you're going to be every bit as active

as God is in developing this.

Now, here's the way that this has worked itself out

in my life.

Okay, this is putting things in relational terms.

See, when I come to my study time, when I read the Bible,

before I do anything else I talk to God.

And I say, "Father, please help me find you in

this passage.

Help me learn who Jesus is, let me learn more about who you are, not

lessons, not morals, not guidance, simply who you are.

And I have found God to be a very big boy.

If I ask him to help me know him, since he wants to know me, he

makes that happen.

And all of a sudden, I start seeing him in the different passages of the Bible.

It's an amazing thing.

So, that's step one.

Now, and that, like I said, involves reading the Bible daily and praying.

But now specifically seeking a relationship.

Not seeking anything else.

Just seeking God himself.

Now, to go just a little bit deeper still.

Though, and to give us an example, more of a

direct path to follow, you know, to put some meat on these bones so to speak.

I was looking through the Bible and I came

across a passage in Luke that I found very informative.

It was Luke chapter 6 and in it Jesus, believe it or not, is

talking about love.

And he tells you how to grow.

In Luke chapter 6, and I now put the verses down below somewhere, he says to

love your enemies, bless those who curse you do good to those who harm you.

Love your enemy.

For what good does it for you to simply love those who love you back?

He says everybody does that.

How does that help you grow?

Right?

Love those who hate you, love the unlovable.

That is where we're going to get growth.

Now, before you call me all crazy and you

may already have called me crazy. But,

before you call me crazy; let's take a

look at 1 John 4.

Now, here the Bible says something very… just

utterly amazing.

It says, if you do not love others, you did not know God.

If you do not love all others, you do not know God; for God is love.

Now, before you get all, "You know that's

only talking about other Christians or people like us or in our circles.

That's just talking about loving

each other as Christians."

Check this out, just a little bit later in 1 John, he

says this, "This is the love, that God loved us while we were still his enemy."

Did you catch that?

God came down, loved us, and sent his son to

help re-establish a relationship with him while we were his enemies.

Love your enemies as you love yourself.

And it says if you love others in this way, then God

is living in you and his love is becoming complete in you.

God living in you his love becoming complete.

That sounds like growing in a relationship

with him.

Now, learn to love the unlovable.

Now, if you were to say to me, "Okay Charles, that sounds good.

But how do I do that?

Well, here I'm gonna defer you to God once again.

You know, the Bible says that if we lack wisdom, if we don't know

how to do something wisely, to ask the Father for wisdom.

And he will give it to us, in great abundance.

He will teach us how to love as he does.

We just got to ask him and listen as he instructs us.

Or as he says in Luke 6, we should ask him how

to be kind to the ungrateful, ask him how to be kind to the wicked.

Because he is kind to those two folks.

Ask him to help you know how to be merciful;

because he himself is merciful.

See, people are always more than their

choices.

Yes, where they are is the sum of their choices.

But, who the person is, is truly more than what they have chosen or

what they have done.

And, we need to learn to affirm who the person is and love the

person even as we do not affirm, necessarily, what they are doing.

We're not loving their actions, we're loving them.

Anyway, frischer kaese, I hope this answers your

question; or at least gave you a path down which to walk with your thoughts.

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For more infomation >> How to get a Deeper Relationship with God - Duration: 8:23.

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Nick Saban reflects on relationship with Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley - Duration: 2:27.

End zone, Ridley.

Touchdown Julio.

Ridley escapes.

Touchdown Atlanta!

Touchdown!

Julio is there and it's caught! Touchdown Atlanta!

Calvin Ridley!

Julio!

Is there ever a point where you've said wow

Julio Jones is something special?

Well that happened a lot.

The one play I remember probably more is catching a screen pass

against LSU and looking like he was shot out of a cannon

for about a 79-yard touchdown.

That was pretty special.

I think one thing Julio, sort of, reflects

the culture.

Those guys came here when we weren't any good.

Julio Jones decided to come to Alabama when we were 6-6.

They sort of accepted the challenge to make Alabama something special.

So they created the standard.

He was a big part of that.

The kind of player he was, the kind of competitor he was,

the work ethic that he had, the intangibles that he played with.

Julio Jones!

Jones is there and caught it!

Julio Jones!

Jones the catch! Touchdown Atlanta!

Oh my goodness!

Jones! Caught it all the way through.

Touchdown Atlanta!

The Atlanta Falcons select Calvin Ridley

wide receiver, Alabama.

Seven years later, the Falcons take another wide receiver out of Alabama:

Calvin Ridley.

What do Falcons fans need to know about Calvin Ridley.

Smaller. Quicker. Great getting out of breaks.

More of a possession type receiver.

But very efficient, effective.

One of the things about Calvin that we always had to do here is

We had to have the Catapult system on him

which is like a GPS to measure

you know, his work load.

Because he would work so hard and run so many routes

that he would run himself right into the ground.

So you had to pull back

cause he'll just keep running until he can't run.

I don't know. I think you're going to like him.

The Falcons now have two of Alabama's most prolific receivers,

what could you say about both Julio and Calvin

and what they both bring?

I think they'll both do a great job

as competitors.

I think they'll be good teammates.

They'll affect other people in a positive way.

I think in professional sports, that's a real plus.

For more infomation >> Nick Saban reflects on relationship with Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley - Duration: 2:27.

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Inside Kanye West's close relationship with dad Ray - Duration: 3:17.

 Kanye West's father has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in LA, reports TMZ

 The rapper and his dad have a good relationship, despite his parents splitting when he was just three years old

 His father Ray's diagnosis comes 11 years after Kim Kardashian's husband lost mum Donda following complications from cosmetic surgery

 Who is Ray and what is his relationship like with son Kanye? Who is Kanye West's dad?  Kanye's dad has worked as photographer, a paparazzo and a Christian marriage counsellor

 He was also involved with the Black Panthers while a student at the University of Delaware

The Black Panthers was a political organisation founded in 1966 to challenge police brutality

Their relationship  Kanye and his father have a good relationship, with the rapper often paying tribute to his dad in some of his hit songs

 Describing his dad to Complex magazine, he said of his work ethic: "I remember he was in vacuum cleaner sales and he'd sit up there and show people how powerful the vacuum cleaner was by putting a penny on the floor and then the vacuum cleaner over it and then 'Pop!' It would come out and he would have bent the penny

"  In song Champion from his album Graduation, Kanye compared their relationship to Will Smith's character and his son in The Pursuit of Happyness

Ray's cancer diagnosis  Kanye's dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the end of July

Related Love Island FINAL teaser: Islanders dress up for Summer Ball Love Island: Wes reminds boys it's not 'loyalty island' Love Island: Josh and Kaz are blown away on their final date Kim Kardashian house: Kanye West accidentally makes huge reveal about family home Kanye West 'RUSHED to hospital' by wife Kim Kardashian after falling ill Kanye West cries as he hugs head of Louis Vuitton menswear in Paris Kanye West drops Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun before new album Kim Kardashian accuses husband Kanye West of causing her to go grey  As he undergoes treatment in LA, Ray is said to be responding well according to TMZ

For more infomation >> Inside Kanye West's close relationship with dad Ray - Duration: 3:17.

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3 Reflecting on relationship between activities and Ss understanding - Duration: 1:48.

MA: The students said that it's the tilt of the earth, which is right.

It's not, you know, the- the- the sunlight is- is hitting.

And all the students agreed it was the tilt of the

earth.

But then- then we took the globe and we moved the globe like that to see

the angle.

And it just made me think that that, um… that's reinforcing a

misconception that the earth's angle changes literally-

CC: We did talk about that.

MA: ch- literally changes.

PDL: Mm-hmm.

MA: And so…yeah.

PDL: So…

MA: But it- but it also- I- I did also put on here that- that it's- it's a great

lead in to the next lesson on tilt.

Because you- because you're making visible this idea that, oh,

you know, we can just change the tilt of the earth maybe.

So that's- that's there.

And then we go into our next lesson and we start to talk about…

MA: So…

I don't know if any of that was clear.

CC: No, I got what you're saying because I think by- like when you're holding the

globe, the globe itself was put at the tilt because it's on like the hole or whatever.

MA: Yeah, mm-hmm.

CC: But it was hard to see the way that that globe was a very intense angle.

And so that's when someone moved it way back, and

it did illustrate the point that, oh, because when it's at this angle, I can see

that the- the light is less intense as the angle curves.

CC: And I think you're right, that that's not ideal because they see it moving like

this.

But at the same time, you're right, because the next lesson they'll see, the tilt is

always the same but you will see that angle more.

MA: And in a perfect world, you know, the student would have lifted the flashlight up.

CC: Right, (inaudible).

MA: The earth would have stayed the same at the same tilt and the flashlight would

have gone up and we'd see the same- CC: Right.

MA: Light coming from the same place.

For more infomation >> 3 Reflecting on relationship between activities and Ss understanding - Duration: 1:48.

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Former assistant principal pleads guilty to relationship with middle school student - Duration: 1:47.

For more infomation >> Former assistant principal pleads guilty to relationship with middle school student - Duration: 1:47.

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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline Will Make You Love Them Even More - Duration: 9:31.

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline Will Make You Love Them Even More

If you're anything like me, you have been totally obsessed with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle since, like, November.

But because Prince Harry and Meghan have been so private about the details of their relationship, it's been kind of hard to keep track of their romance.

But, never fear, babe, because I've compiled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship timeline for your convenience, so read on.

Obviously, everyone in the world knows that Prince Harry and Meghan got married on May 19, 2018, because it was the most fabulous event of the decade.

But, what happened before that? Did their love story just drop from the sky? Obviously not.

The new Duke and Duchess of Sussex have come a long way, and their relationship is pretty spectacular.

Unlike Prince William and Kate Middleton, though, these two newlyweds didn't meet in college, and their relationship certainly didn't have as many ups and downs as Will and Kate's did.

But still, the history of Meghan and Harry's relationship is seriously sweet.

And as the two continue to be adorable, let's take a look back at all they've been through.

Like a Hallmark movie come to life, Prince Harry and Meghan met when their friends introduced them on a blind date.

During their first official sit-down interview with BBC after their engagement was announced, Prince Harry revealed that they met through a mutual friend.

"Ah yes, we first met — we were introduced actually by a mutual friend," he said.

This all went down in July 2016, meaning they were together about a year-and-a-half before they got engaged.

After that, things got serious pretty quickly.

Sometimes, you just know, you know? At least, that certainly seems to have been the case for these two.

In their engagement interview, Prince Harry explained that during their first date, they were already planning when to see each other again.

"So we went and met for a drink then, I think, very quickly into that we said, 'What are we doing tomorrow? We should meet again.

Ugh, this is the stuff of fairytales, y'all.

They traveled together soon after.

Since both Prince Harry and Meghan are busy people, it wasn't easy for them to coordinate more casual dates and ways to see each other again.

So they decided to go to Botswana, instead!.

"And then it was I think about three, maybe four weeks later that I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana," Prince Harry said during their engagement interview.

"And we camped out with each other under the stars, we spent — she came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic.".

You know, just your casual second date camping under the stars in Afirca.

Whatever.

In October, the world caught on to their romance.

All good things must come to an end, and in October 2016, news broke that Harry and Meghan were dating, with a source telling Express, "He's happier than he's been for many years.

So even though their time away from the spotlight had run out, it still seems as though they were happy, and that's what truly matters.

But then, things got ugly.

This is why we can't have nice things! Shortly after their relationship was made public by anonymous sources, Harry had to take a stand.

Tabloids were making horrible comments about Meghan and following her and her family around relentlessly.

In response, Kensington Palace released a statement from Harry on the matter, asking that all abuse and rumors be put to a stop.

I mean, it's super sexy that Prince Harry stood up for his girl, but also super sad that it happened in the first place.

A few months later, Markle shuts down her blog.

In an unexpected move, in April 2017, Meghan shut down her lifestyle blog, The Tig [hyperlink].

According to Vogue, Markle wrote to her fans, "After close to three beautiful years on this adventure with you, it's time to say goodbye to The Tig.".

Obviously this might not seem like a big deal, but after dating Prince Harry for nearly a year at that point, Meghan shutting down her blog probably might have had something to do with her relationship — especially considering that upon marrying him, her career would have to shift completely.

Maybe even then, she knew that their relationship would become something more.

In September 2017, Markle opened up about their relationship.

In a huge interview with Vanity Fair for the magazine's October 2017 cover, Markle finally addressed her relationship with Prince Harry, in her own words.

"We're two people who are really happy and in love.

We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people's perception.

Nothing about me changed.

I'm still the same person that I am, and I've never defined myself by my relationship.".

Then, in November 2017, it happened.

As you probably already know, in November 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan announced their engagement, and Meghan moved into Kensington Palace with her boo thang.

After that, it was a whirlwind of excitement, joy, and wedding planning.

May 2018 will obviously go down in history.

Prince Harry and Markle's wedding was a day to remember.

It was beautiful, emotional, adorable, and perfect.

On May 19, the two were married at St.

George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

It was the perfect cherry on top of their love story.

Seriously, Prince Harry and Markle have had an incredible love story — and that story will only keep getting better.

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