Everyone, of us from the time we were young until now have always valued friendship in our life. Facebook is a fine example of this many of us have Facebook friends with people we have never met. Some of us try to have more Facebook friends than everyone else, again how many of them do you have a real relationship with.

As Christians I want each of us to give some thought about our relationship with God. God wants us to have a daily relationship with God, family and our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our relationship with God should deepen as we grow as Christians. Studying the word, our prayer time, how we treat others, teaching and mentoring each other, how we love and serve others in the name of Jesus.

God offers each of us a relationship that covers all the different types of friendship. God sits with me in silence, rejoices with me, celebrates with me, walks with me in my day-to-day walk. Each day we spend with a focus on God deepens our understanding of God’s love for us.

As a Christian I also need to understand that our relationship with God is not a one-way street. We need to offer God our presence. Pay attention to the word, don’t be thinking about your grocery list during class or during worship.

I can offer my love, my gifts and talents to God by serving others, helping those in need, being there to support my friends during the hard times and rejoicing with them during the good times. In this mutual giving of ourselves to each other and receiving from each other we develop a deep friendship with each other.
Spending time in prayer, spending time reading our bible’s and understanding what we are reading will strengthen our relationship with God.