How is your prayer life? Do you                  to approach His presence. Now that we
              love spending time talking to      have been “brought near” by the precious
              your heavenly Father? Do you       blood of Christ and have been made chil-
              take the time to let the light of  dren of God, we can go to Him, our Father
              His presence flood your heart      (Eph 2:13). God wanted us to have this inti-
and mind? This is an awesome privilege we        mate relationship with Him so much that
have – to actually be able to approach the       He was willing to sacrifice His only Son in
Lord God Almighty, maker of heaven and           order to procure it for us. This is the value
earth, and the sustainer of life. He is so holy  He placed upon intimacy with you and me.
that the angels cover their faces as they cry    How about you? How much value do you
out “Holy, holy, holy,” from above the           place on intimacy with Him? How much of
throne. The foundations shake at the sound       your time and energy are you willing to in-
of His voice (Isa 6:1-4 ESV). When we were       vest in your relationship with God?
in our sins, we were far from God. His holi-
ness is so great and our sin so abominable           Relationship cannot grow without com-
that it required the Savior’s blood, shed on     munication. Webster’s Dictionary defines
Calvary, to wash us clean and to make us fit     communicate as “to make known, impart.”
                                                 Our Lord said, “This is life eternal, that they