Consecration helps a man stay in a position where he easily attracts favour from God.

“You can take a horse to the river, but cannot force it to drink.” Likewise, you may be taken to an all-you-can-eat buffet, but no one can force you to eat.

Consecration helps us to transcend what's good or not, to what is perfect for attracting God's favour.

The story of the 3 Hebrew boys (Shachrach, Meshach and Abednego) offers an interesting perspective on Intimacy as a world changer.

This Intimacy, producing unwavering loyalty to one another and their God is a powerful testament to the strength that Intimacy can provide. It can be a source of courage and resilience in face of adversity.

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

You are the visible image of the invisible God.

The concept of the invisible reflecting from the visible is because of Intimacy.

Your relationship with God becomes visible to others because you have bore fruit of abiding.

“By their fruits, you shall know them.”

You make God visible through you.

Hebrews 11:3 reads, “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible”.

Everything visible has a source, an invisible hand that moves the affairs of man.

By faith, the substances of things hoped for, the evidence of the unseen, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen since what is unseen is eternal.

In present times, people find confidence in the world rather than from the word.

The only source of confidence that will leave us satisfied and unbroken is God!

Intimacy with God cultivates a deep sense of confidence because he sustains us, and our humanity is not at all new to him.

One of the most important prayers is that God helps us break the barriers that hinder us from seeing ourselves through the mirror through which God sees us.

That means we have to be conscious of God as our father, our ever-present friend, and very importantly, our mirror-image.

God is authentic in His dealings, but with people, we may role-play.

When we stay alone with God, our consciousness of His presence gets stronger, and we find meaning even in the mundane.

Prayer shifts focus from everything else to God. Prayer fills our consciousness with Him.

Intimacy is built on communication, and prayer IS communication. Now, an untold secret is that God initiates prayer! So a great question for you is, “are you listening”?

God is always speaking, and waiting for you to respond. Your response then breeds intimacy, but why is that important? - God is the one who answers prayers, and most importantly, He is the one answer to prayers.

The source of a thing is its sustainer. As fishes cannot survive without water, man cannot survive without God.

He created us for intimate fellowship with him, and as in the words of John in Jonn 15, to stay intimately connected to our source, we need to live in union with Him. Outside Him, not just will we not bear fruit, but we will be able to do nothing.

God's presence is all encompassing; from direction to protection.

Now there's one more thing - liberty. That is what Christ Jesus died and rose up for, but using it as an excuse for sin is a sure path to destruction of purpose.