Intimacy with God

"And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, 'Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.' Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, 'I am willing; be cleansed.' Immediately the leprosy left him. And He charged him to tell no one, 'But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as a testimony to them, just as Moses commanded.'However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed." Luke 5:12-16

Dear assistants,

I want to call your attention to the underlined verse, for you to have a clear understand of the importance of keeping a straight intimacy with God. Even though The Lord Jesus was the Son of God, He knew very well that for Him to do what He did, He had to be close to God the Father through his prayers.

One of the reason why we have seen many assistants falling down and losing their salvation is not because God has left them alone, but because of their lack of communion with the Holy Spirit. Many of them haven't sought for the presence of God as they used to do in the beginning, because they are too busy, tired and so on. Little by little the fire of God inside them started to die down. They couldn't notice that it was becoming dim until the point they fell down. 

I want you to stop for a moment right now to meditate about the type of relationship that you have been keeping with God. Are you really having moments of intimacy with the Holy Spirit? Have you been separating yourself to seek for His presence? When was the last time you read the Bible?

You don't have to answer these questions for me, but I would like you to answer them for yourself and for God.

We all have to keep a straight communion with The Lord for the sake of our salvation.

Bishop Carlos