What must I do to experience an intimate relationship with God?

Psalm 103:11His [the Lord’s] unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

This psalm describes how we can have an intimate relationship with God.

Genesis 5:23-24Enoch lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to spend time with him, daily and consistently.

Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

Ephesians 5:8-10, 15Once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. . . . So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we must seek his wisdom and obey him, pursuing only the paths he wants us to follow—daily and consistently.

Psalm 27:8My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”

Psalm 145:18The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth.

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to talk with him—daily and consistently.

James 4:8Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to stay close to him and purify our hearts before him through confession and repentance—daily and consistently.

Exodus 34:14“You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.”

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to worship him alone—daily and consistently.

Matthew 22:37Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’”

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to love God completely, making our relationship with him our highest priority—daily and consistently.

Romans 5:11So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

To experience an intimate relationship with God, we need to put our trust in Christ—daily and consistently.

Matthew 5:8“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.”

Intimacy with God involves coming to him with a clean heart and pure motives.

Psalm 1:2They delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.

Spending time with God leads to intimacy with him.