I took a little break from our series "Building a Relationship With God" partly because other things came to me that I felt I needed to write about and partly because I was waiting for inspiration to hit me again.  Well God has inspired me again so lets continue with part 5 of our series.

In the past few articles of our series, we explored the topics of talking to God, hearing God talk to us, and looking for the signs God gives us in our lives.  Now let’s discuss how we know and learn the word of God or, in other words, what He has already told us.

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In parts 1 – 3 of our series “Building a Relationship with God”, we have taken a look at how to start to talk to God (through prayer) and how to start to listen for God (through mediation).  Now let’s take a look at how God gives us signs that He is all around us.

When I tell some people the story about what had happened to me a few months ago they look at me as if I’ve absolutely lost my mind.  As a matter of fact, at the time, I thought I might have been a little off my rocker and kept this to myself for a while.  But in an article that I previously posted called God Helps Ease Our Concerns, I tell the story of how one night I was really feeling quite all alone.  That night I asked God to give me a sign that everything was going to be okay.  This is what I wrote in that article:

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I once read the following:

“Prayer is when you talk to God; mediation is when you listen to God.”

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