Keith Craft: The more intimacy you have with Jesus, you will not only need less from others…
The more intimacy you have with Jesus, you will not only need less from others, but you will have more to give others.
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The thought behind the quote
"The secret of all great relationships is the ability to connect...to allow In-To-Me-See. To me, my In-To-Me-See and my desire to connect with someone is the greatest gift I have to give...and therefore is the greatest gift I also have the privilege to receive from others." Your In-To-Me-See (ability to allow others to know you) is one of the greatest gifts you can give another person. This is why the devil hates for people to “connect” or align with one another...because he knows the gift we/you are to others.
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So, early in life the enemy of your soul wants you to GET HURT and STAY HURT! His goal is for you to not be able to connect/align with the WHO’S that God will bring into your life. He knows that if you are able to CONNECT (have In-To-Me-See with others), you will not only BE A GIFT to someone, but you will BE THE BENEFICIARY of the gifts (people) who choose to connect with you!
Jesus teaches us THIS principle: “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. These things I command you, that you love one another.” John 15:4-5, 7-13, 16-17
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