Are you in a religion with God or a relationship with Him?

  I was watching the news this morning and they were talking about religion and God, and the be completely honest it made me a little upset because they’re kinda trying to “lable” God. I know for a fact and I hope that you know too, that God is not labeled.

     Being with God doesn’t mean that you are religious. It is have a one-on-one relationship with Him. And have a relationship with your Heavenly Father is like having a head on collision with Him. It’s totally awesome!

    I looked up in the webster dictionary what religion ment, and it said this;

Religion- 1. a) the state of religious 1. b) the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment of devotion to religious faith or observance  2.) a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices. 3.) archaic: scrupulous conformity: Conscientiousness 4.) a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.

Ok, now lets look at relationship in the webster dictionary.

 Relationship- 1.) the state of being related or interrelated. 2.) the relation connecting or binding participants in a relationship. (a) : Kinship. (b) : a specific instance of kinship. 3.) (a) : a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings. (b) : a romantic  or passionate attachment.

 I don’t know about you but I would rather have a relationship with God instead of being in a religion with Him. What about you? Which would you rather choose?

Here are some scriptures about love. God’s love is unfailing, gracious, caring, and overall glorious. I hope and pray you are encouraged by some of these.

Psalms 136: 26 …

Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.

Romans 8:28 …

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

2 Timothy 1:7 …

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

1 John 4:7 …

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves had been born of God and knows God.

Jude 1: 21 …

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Be Blessed,

<3Cortney

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