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Wondering about God?
Some Practical Helps
Keeping in mind the previous questions, here
are some practical ideas to guide you in your spiritual search:
- Ask God to reveal Himself if you're not
sure He's there.
Read the Bible — start with the New Testament books of John, Acts, and
Romans.
- Talk to people who display a genuine
relationship with God — those who obviously love Him and who live by a
different set of principles.
- Spend time in nature, observing and
experiencing God's creation.
- Question things everybody seems to take
for granted — be a lover of truth.
- Ask God-followers why they believe what
they believe and how they know their beliefs are true.
- Recognize that following God must make
sense: truth may go beyond reason, but not against it.
- Scour the shelves at a Christian
bookstore or church library for credible authors, or ask your Christian
friends for a list of authors who have inspired them in their walk with God.
- Write down your questions, especially
about what you read in the Bible, and take them to a knowledgeable Christian
who respects your seeking process.
- Know your presuppositions — the things
you already believe — and try not to let them interfere with your quest for
the truth.
- Stay open to actually finding what you're
looking for: fear of commitment and change can keep you from finding the
truth.
- Keep a journal of your thoughts and
feelings during your search.
- Know your personal issues: your past will
profoundly influence your present ability to be objective.
Remember that you don't have to know everything to know something.
- Determine to seek for a specific period
of time, and continually evaluate your progress. Then try to reach an
appropriate conclusion.
- Act on what you decide.
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