{"id":9807,"date":"2015-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-stage.familylife.com\/flministries\/?p=9807"},"modified":"2025-03-03T18:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T23:06:51","slug":"how-to-know-christ-personally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/faith\/essentials-faith\/becoming-a-christian\/how-to-know-christ-personally\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know Christ Personally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building a healthy marriage and family isn&#8217;t easy. You may be longing for peace in your home, or maybe you&#8217;re still experiencing the hurt of unhealthy dynamics growing up. Perhaps that&#8217;s what brought you here, looking for answers on how to find healing and pursue the relationships that matter most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We offer many good resources, but none of them will help you if one fundamental issue isn&#8217;t resolved in your life\u2014your relationship with God. You&#8217;ll never find the answers you seek without knowing God personally. The good news is, however, that you <em>can<\/em> know Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learn-how-to-know-him\">Learn how to know Him<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cru.org\/train-and-grow\/classics\/transferable-concepts\/you-can-be-sure-you-are-a-christian.7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How You Can Be Sure You Are a Christian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/faith\/essentials-faith\/becoming-a-christian\/secret-building-great-marriage-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is Something Missing in Your Marriage and Family?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/03\/Our-Dilemma-Gods-Solution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Dilemma, God&#8217;s Solution (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/faith\/essentials-faith\/growing-in-your-faith\/what-is-a-godly-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is a Godly Home?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you ever felt like something is missing in your life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ashford Sonii shares how going through life felt like wandering in a forest\u2014until one day, Someone offered him a map. That map was the gospel: salvation through faith in Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Find Jesus | Ashford Sonii\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0423feqhmM?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact-us\">Contact us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would love to talk with you personally about taking the steps to become a Christian. 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