He was an adult. She was a child. I would never trust him around a child again.

He should not be a pastor...he avoided jail and being registered as an offender.

If pedophilia isn't disqualifying what is? And he was a married pastor while it happened. His elders are reckless if they support him

Everyone involved failed that little girl. The police should’ve been called immediately, him charged, registered as an offender, and never be allowed back on anyone’s pulpit.

Robert Morris was m*lesting a little girl for 4 1/2 years, tried to take it a step further when she was 16, was found out and THEN was sorry, stepped down, and later 'restored." Later, his legal team tried to get her to sign an NDA. In his statements he downplays the severity and lied about how the girl and her father blessed him being restored. Every state would have required years of jail time but he just stepped down and came back to ministry two years later. His doctrine and associations were enough to not recommend him, but this situation and the details of its handling proves he is not qualified. He belongs in the pews not in the pulpit.

I won't be surprised if there's not more victims, he needs to step down as the pastor.

I'm a survivor of years of brutal rape and mo*station at the hands of my junior high and high school band director. This abuse lasted throughout my entire high school career 1980 - 1985. Years later, when I was in my 30s, my sister reached out to me and shared that one of his current female band students spoke up about his inappropriate s#%ual behavior towards her. The board of education conducted a thorough investigation and asked for former victims to come forward. I traveled back to my hometown to testify against my former band director. With over 40 women from various graduating classes, all having experienced the same treatment with no knowledge of the others being abused. He maintained his innocence, and HE NEVER SPENT A NIGHT IN JAIL! In fact, he was treated as the martyr! Talk about a slap in the face. Whether or not this abuse happened a long time ago or yesterday, those of us who were savagely victimized by his sick s*!ual abuse, we suffer the psychological and emotional effects for the rest of our lives.

Wow! Even in admitting the details he did not own up. The victim would tell everything. Because it was a child, yes he should be a registered sex offender.

He was not in his "early twenties". He is 62 now, 35 years ago he was 27! He was almoat 30 assaulting a middle school child. He was in her home, she couldn't get away. Horrible 😢

He can get spiritual restoration in a prison cell. FULL STOP !! I read her statement and this is horrible.

Exactly! It's a sin that has been ONGOING for 35 yrs. He raped a child as a grown man with a family of his own. He kept raping this girl for several years. When found out, he offered her hush money. When she declined, he had his lawyer accuse that girl of "bringing the rape upon herself because she had been FLIRTHING". A 12-year old?! He kept revictimizing that child, and so did her parents and all church folk who knew about the molestation and DID NOT REPORT IT to the authorities and see that he faces justice. They all failed this girl BIG TIME. This sin has never been repented of. If it had been, he would have turned himself in and accepted the punishment. A manipulative pedophile, got famous and rich, yet never stopped to abuse the girl. So so sad... Church, wake up, and hold the criminals accountable!

Yes absolutely disqualified for any leadership!!! SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD !!!! SHE WAS A CHILD !!!! He didn't pay for his sin because he covered it up . He should have gone to prison!!!

I’m 48 and still deal with the aftermath of childhood SA from ages 4-16. I have had to obtain extensive mental health therapy, and even after coming to Christ, I must stay in prayer and use healthy coping skills when interacting with others. I don’t care how long ago it was. This changes the child. He should be disqualified from ever being a pastor. Go and serve the Lord in other ways.

Men scream about church leadership and this happens repeatedly on their watch but they don’t report it. Repentance is about your soul, but his flesh needed to be punished. He should’ve gone to prison and been a registered sex offender.

He is disqualified… he has been exposed for who he is… period.

He was a 26 yr old married Pastor when his sexual abuse of a 12 yr old was found out. The molestation occured until she was 16. The leadership at shady Grove covered up the sin. Morris told his church from the pulpit that he had a "moral failure". Never did he disclose it was pedophilia to the congregation. Now he has an attorney that says the girl was flirtatious! He should step down for hiding and minimizing this crime.

this was CRIMINAL!!! & he was NOT transparent about engaging in pedophelia. He threw her away like a dirty rag & then went on to live his blessed life.

He is garage, not only because of what he did, but because while telling of this story, he referred to her as a "young lady" when in fact she was a child. He can't even be honest today about that.

No father should ever let his child, daughter, son be alone with the opposite sex. She went in his bedroom at night in her pj's. And you allowed that daddy dearest? It's Wisdom, People Body of Christ wake up!!! We live in a time where satan doesn't even hide anymore and you still done see him. It's ignorance!

The father should have pressed charges. Period. This is so sad, but sadly, nothing surprises me anymore.

Absolutely disqualified now, and never should have been allowed back into ministry then!

Once you mess with a child you have to go. Stidies show that these kind of people mindset dont ever change. He's prolly using the church as cover up. The fact he was married and still SA a 12yr old child. Idc if it was 35yrs ago, he shouldnt be pastoring anyone. He needs to sit down and not be around anyones child. Those thoughts might overcome him again and he acts on it. Nope!!! I have kids and if i found this out about my pastor im leaving the church.

**HIRING A LAWYER to harass and blame the victim a child and trying to make her sign an NDA is NOT the fruit of REPENTANCE.** This Victimized Child Now a Woman should be COMPENSATED! He was allowed to get rich and NOT go to jail, that's the least he can do! True fruit of repentance is "sitting himself down" to not torment the victim to have to hear and see him everywhere...smh...PROTEST for this man to pay this Woman and to just retire and focus on his personal walk with God.

Dude, this isn't just a sin. What Morris did was a *crime*. And he did it over and over and over again. He should have been turned over to the cops in 1987 when he confessed to his elders. But he didn't. This is a guy who should have never been in a pulpit.

Robert Morris should not be leading a church. The elders who authorized his return to ministry should be asked to leave. The elders knew about the predator, yet they allowed the wolf back into the church. The ...young lady ...was a kid...Robert Morris is lying in his disclosure. I wonder what the church members think about Robert Morris's behavior. What if he has compromised other children. Corey thank you for your thoughtful response to Robert Morris's egregious behavior. I am enraged, I am a survivor of sexual assault at age 5. You never see things the same after you have been compromised. May the Lord be with the victim Cindy Clemishire she and her family certainly need our prayers. I am glad that Cindy stepped forward, she may have saved the little ones in the church from sharing the same fate as her.

Pastor or not. This was a crime! Yes, take him out of the pulpit and turn him in. According to her, it happened for years. He stole her innocence. I know from personal experience that the violation affects your life. As a Christian, I was able to forgive. Unless you have been through it, you will never know how it impacts your life.

She is the one he could not buy off. An adult who pursues a child is not a leader.

He's a CHARLETON from the get go, how dare he hide ALL his criminal behavior behind the pulpit!

The issue of Morris' sin was dealt with within the church; however, this does not satisfy the law of the land. Therein lies the problem now. Robert Morris broke the law of the land not just the laws of morality and God.

I was a child protective social worker and as vile as it sounds imagine the violation of the child. I know that God can change people and I have seen it after true repentance. Yes, he should step down. This type of abuse is long lasting.

He should not be in a pulpit. Period

Moral failures, they need to call it what it is, pedophile = sex offender = registry. Church should have reported the CRIME

There's no "old sin" before God. Any unrepented sin remains before Him, even if it was committed 80 years ago.

The fact that he did not bother to do any restitution for the lady tells me he is not broken about his sin.

This is CHILD MOLESTATION. Not an ‘inappropriate relationship with a young lady’. I’ve seen some of his videos on the importance of honesty yet he can’t even be. That has to happen before anything can change or move forward. The problem is, so many people protect him from consequences.

Disgusting

I cried when I first heard of this story because I know the scars that remain after this kind of violation. It doesn't matter whether it was 35 years or 35 minutes ago. My prayers are with the victim and I have forgiveness for the violator; however, I will no longer listen to this person.

It seems like none of these pastors that are caught in sexual sins ever get reported by the church, or the victim, therefore they never go to jail for their offense.

Ok so now I’m getting grief for my comments… let me make this clear, I’m not saying he shouldn’t be forgiven. I’m saying he should not be a pastor! Remember he didn’t tell the whole truth, he downplayed the facts and tried to fool everyone about her real age then tried to pay her off with an NDA! What true man of God does that? There’s no hate here I have an issue on how he further tries to cover up. It was a crime called pedo… ! Come clean RM and truly repent.

One great problem with it was he was in the ministry when committing the sins. Not before he became a Christian. Much harder to accept his being “eligible “ or “right” to hold a place over others. Should not have been reinstated.

Hi Pastor Cory, I was involved with Gateway Church up until a few months ago, where for some strange reason (maybe this) I started feeling a distance in my spirit from this church. I started questioning some things in my mind and I just couldn't get past feeling like I needed to leave. I test all things so I hung in there and then this popped up. I was sitting in service as he told this story about sexual impropriety - he's brought it up several times. As you have stated, the major detail that was left out was the fact that this sexual impropriety was a criminal act with an underage girl. I'm just sick about this - not because it affects Robert, or Cindy (the victim), but all of the heartache that this will cause for everyone in the body. People whose affections are wrongly placed (i.e. on the Pastor) will fall away because of this. This hurts the entire body and it causes people to blaspheme God. Personally, I feel like I've been misled and lied to. About a year ago I felt like God was telling me he was going to topple institutions and raise up the "nobodies" in the highways and byways and eliminate the era of "Celebrity Pastors". Seems like that's coming to pass and this one hits very close to home. I'm no Robert Morris groupie and as you eluded to, I take issue with some of his doctrine, but I can't get past the feeling of being duped with respect to this. I do believe he loves Jesus and I'm sure he walks a very tight walk with God, but ... a crime was committed and essentially covered up and there's no way he's going to escape the dogma attached with this. He will be labeled a pedophile, a sexual predator and people will insist that he face some sort of legal repercussions for this and be labeled a sexual offender. Ironically several months ago, he told us that God told him it was time to "pass the torch" on to his son, James. Now people are going to think that he was trying to head this off at the pass. So sad. I'm with you in taking heed to my own walk. God is not fooling around.

I don’t think we can say this in KZfaq comments, but from a legal standpoint this is a crime against a minor and the noun starts out as pedo….. It seems that in this case the state government is more clear eyed about this crime than the “denomination” who allowed him to preach.

Of course if he violated a child, especially if he was a Christian, he is disqualified for ministry. How is this even a question? Who cares when it happened?

He is 100% disqualified

Jail should have been part of his repentance and his so called explanation/repentance speech blamed women for his sin. And no I am not a feminist nor do I believe in women "pastors"

Just another reason why so many are leaving the church system.

The fact that she was told to keep it a secret and that he is still lying about his behavior, those sitting under him for direction and spiritual guidance are in danger.

But he said "young lady".. A 12-year old is NOT a young lady; she is a CHILD.

Wow! This is a shocker! I have heard his testimony of having a porn problem years ago, but messing with a child is an absolute NO NO! Yes, he can be forgiven, but to continue pastoring a church, he should step down, because this will NOT go away ever and he will never be known for anything else. I will pray for the woman who has dealt with this mentally almost her entire life. I will pray for Robert Morris as well ....

He sure does. His theology his disgusting enough

He is disqualifed from the office of Pastor. He needs to step down immediately.

Restoration is bring back into fellowship; however, this type of behavior should definitely disqualify from Pastoral teaching and Pastoral Leadership.

Although the Apostle Paul was a persecutor of the Church, his sin was done in ignorance and unbelief. It wasn't sexual in nature, so he walked in some integrity.

Yes! And I’m sure it wasn’t the only time. Unfortunately!

This is why I don't use the excuse "they human," "David sinned too," "cast ye the first stone," "just let God deal with it," or "touch not my anointed," because if sin is sin and all we need to do is forgive and move on, why not use these excuses for him? Personally, not everyone deserves restoration back to the pulpit, but maybe restoration back to Christian fellowship, but you have to be wise about that, too. He'll never be left alone around kids. A person with this mindset just doesn't lose attraction for kids, that's why they have to stay away or not be alone with them.

What was done in the dark will come to the light. This is good and necessary especially in the church!

It blows me away that people would pursue ministry with such high level controversies in their past, don’t they know this stuff always comes out?

You couldn't be restored to being a teacher, doctor, 0r childcare professional again -for violation of a child. Why should you be able to as a senior pastor? God forgives, BUT there are still earthly consequences for wrong and or immortal actions or choices made.

Also, for those stating the parents should have gone to the police, the father was going to report it but the elders pretty much begged him not to and to allow them to handle it in-house by making the pastor step down. The girl's father told them that if he remained pastor that he was going to the police. 2 years later, when the pastor went back into ministry, the little girl's father didn't approve. But the article notes that the pastor is telling people that he had her father's blessing. The victim says that's false, that her father did not give him his blessing, that the pastor was lucky he had his life (you can read between the lines). Look, many of these leaders manipulate and try to guilt people into allowing the church to "handle" situations like these. I think they manipulated this family. Not only that, but for anybody who thinks this man should step down from being pastor, but can still teach, you're bugging! He should not be teaching anybody. He just needs to sit on the pews like everybody else and that's all! Stop trying to throw him back into being over others in any kind of way. He needs to work on healing with his family and he can bring more glory to God by doing other things that don't involve being over others in a religious setting. Go volunteer, feed the homeless, just don't be over others and be around teens without supervision. Tired of this stuff happening over and over and over again and the leaders of these churches are just allowing it. I can remember the son of a pastor taking a 12 year old's virginity (he was way older than her) and the only thing his parents would say was when they thought she might have been pregnant, was..."well she'll have to get an abortion". A Pastor and his wife!!! Whew!!! And people wonder why folks are leaving the churches...because they are hurting people. People don't come to this for abuse. Tired of the excuses!

He’s disqualified and so is every single church elder that covered it up.

How can we church goers trust that the elder boards at these churches will RIGHTLY judge the sins of a pastor/leader according to biblical standards (seen in 1 Tim 3; Titus 1; 1 Tim 5:19-25) and not show them favoritism because "he's a great man of God/he's charismatic/he brings in a lot of money," if the nature of the sin is not disclosed to us? Don't people who donate money to these men have the right to know who they are supporting? 🤔🤔🤔 How is it that Robert Morris was allowed to continue preaching and church members kept going to hear him?

Reach out to the victim and have him jailed.

Counseling, restoration, reconciliation, etc, NO,NO,NO…This is not a civil matter (although lawsuits can and maybe should follow). This is a criminal offense. This is a crime and should have been turned over to the law. Even the military has more sense than the church. For certain offenses you can lose rank and even be dishonorably discharged. What happened to the day when a church or denomination would revoke ordination papers?

I pray God gives his other victims the strength and courage to come forth❤

Decades ago, I recall a situation whereby a close Christian friend revealed a pass behavioral sin prior to them coming to Christ. This caused a great inward struggle within me, changing the way I viewed, respected and valued that person. I found myself, unknowingly moving into unforgiviness when all at sudden, I heard a voice that I strongly believe was Jesus that said, "who are you to hold against them something I have forgiven them for?" I immediately broke down in sorrow and began to repent and asking the Lord for forgiveness. That person's past never bothered me again and to this day, they have been an awesome witness for Christ. I learned a very important lesson on how subtle the devil is in sowing seeds of discord in a person's heart, particularly a Christian.

Prison time…. Why did he serve none? That little girl was utterly failed…. Utterly 😢

I remember hearing a story of a Pastor in America. Before THE LORD JESUS CHRIST saved him, he was a rapist. He said that he could not help himself but he cried out for help one day and from that day he stopped raping. He read THE WORD, his life was renewed, got baptised. For years several decades, he was preaching the GOSPEL. Then one day he was at a convention with Bishops and Pastors he knew and knew him very well. They were discussing about sins and he told them about his sin before he was saved by THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. The day, all his friends disappeared. They refused to take his calls, he was no longer invited to conferences, to preach because they could not get over that he was once a rapist! This is what some Christians don’t understand The Salvation THE LORD JESUS CHRIST gives. The vilest offender, who truly believes a moment with JESUS a pardon receives! And this is the situation. If you confess to THE LORD JESUS CHRIST and that is your past life leave it in the past. We have the HOLY SPIRIT within us so, we can test their spirit. Additionally, where is our forgiveness; knowing that the LORD JESUS CHRIST forgave us.

This sin was not dealt with correctly. So, he is healed and has a blessed life, and the female is still suffering!

It's extremely doubtful the child was his only victim and the only place for him and the wife who aided & abetted in the cover-up of his crimes is prison - she even blamed the child!

He should've served time. He got away with it.

Ran across your video today. Good discussion with biblical thought and wisdom. Wil be watching your channel more

No matter who you are or "PRETEND" to be, whether it take days, weeks, months or YEARS, what's in the dark, shall come to the light.

The parents made a choice back then, to speak with him and his father and they forgave him they supposedly said. But they said, they told the church he was pastoring back then, to never let him be over a church again. The church sat him down for 2yrs and he was pastoring again. This is why the family is speaking out now. The child is grown now and speaking out, that she was only 12 and not a young lady as he stated. The Family should have had him arrested, and he would have been put on the registry as a pedophile. Then he could have repented in prison, serving his time. He should not have been allowed to be a Pastor again over no church again. Forgiveness is okay, the family spoke with him back then and chose not to prosecute him at their own will to do so. He should have been prosecuted and the crime justified for their daughter. The parents didn't prosecute him. He was sat down for only 2yrs. That's horribly wrong by the church, he should have never been allowedl to pastor again over a flock, this was a child. God forgive all yes of our sins. This is how the Catholic church did, they allowed these priest, to be moved from perish to perish, as these priest continued to assault young boys for decades over and over again. None of these priest ever went to prison. The families of these children assaulted were paid off for the assaults. The families took the money and settled. Pastor Morris should not have been allowed to still Pastor, because of the harm it brings in light of the church, the people who now know everything. The church us now in a uproar today. Tony Evans confessed sin, from years ago and now the church is in a uproar today, over his unknown past sin. See how their old sin has the churches in a uproar today. God forgives yes, but they should be sat down for good, because of the aftermass of the uproar of the church right now.

True repentance is being 100% honest about everything that was done. Not lying and telling half truths to cover yourself. Sooner or later these heretical teachers always get exposed. He should step down immediately!

We need to find out who else he did this to. This is the only one he got caught on.

Once again, I'm so thankful our Father is going to be our judge on the Last Day, and not one another.

I agree. He should be sat down for all the reasons you stated--he's not above reproach, and he's not of good reputation. He acted like a predatory monster by betraying that family's trust, esp the father, since he's the head of the household, and he perpetrated a child, not a young lady. She was 12 when he started messing over her. And he was dishonest about what he actually did and lied to cover it up. And he's still lying about it. I can understand the now woman still talking about it, b/c she did not receive justice. It's hard to have been so egregiously violated and on top of that to see your perpetrator living his life with no consequences and the whole church behind him. I'd holler, too. IMO, this is coming up 35 years later b/c of unconfessed sin. The Lord does not tolerate persistence in sin. He said He'd "raise your robe over your head and expose your nakedness" if you did (said it to the Levites). God is serious about His Name and His little lambs. There are no exceptions. He whooped Nadab and Abihu, Hophni and Phineas, and King David and Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. He doesn't play. He is holy, and we must be holy. I hope all truly repent, Robert and the church that covered this mess up, and further attacked this woman via legal proceedings (even more egregiousness). And I hope the victim gets the healing and care she needs. Thanks, Corey, for your thorough, righteous, and fair assessment of and remedy for this horrible situation.

It wasn’t a 1 time thing as they are trying to spin it. Years of abuse isn’t a “mistake”. 1 time abuse isn’t a mistake. We are talking about a child. A CHILD!!!!!!!!

Wow this really is the year of exposure for many that are well known Pastors and Bishops 😭this is why it’s so important to have a personal one on one relationship with God, and be on a spiritual level not a religious one💯

Paul k1lled Christians and it took along time to convince some Christians he changed… However, this was a pastor already professing Christ that abused this young woman. So there is a huge difference between Paul’s conversion and repentance of sin, vs a leader in sin. Robert Morris should not be in leadership ever.

An affair with an ADULT 35 years ago is one thing. But grooming a child means I would never ever trust you around kids. Children are in church and they should not be around adults that could possibly harm them. And this is more than a moral failure as described in that written statement. It's a crime.

I pray more victims are bold enough to come forward and then perhaps justice will prevail legally.

If he was not embarrassed of it, even if his embarrassment was personal to himself, then he is still the same internally. Mistakes is one thing we all make them, and some mistakes should be a one time event, then move on from it knowing in your heart it was wrong and should be deeply saddened by it. Covering up a act in this degree though is not moving on from a one time moral failure. Actions speak louder than words.

Thank you brother for your humility and sensitivity in your words and judgements regarding this situation, 🙏 praying

What about the victim? How was she taken care of, along these years ? Even if he is forgiven what about this life that was broken and damaged ? It is not only a ministry issue. If he was truly repentant he would have done everything to care, and repair the damage that he caused.

I don't think anyone should be attending his church anyway because of his Terrible Teachings about Tithing. Now with this happening, I definitely think people should bounce from that ministry and church. The same goes for Tony Evans.

He commited this act while he was pastoring a church. He disqualified himself back then and is in violation.

Robert Morris 🥺🙏🏾 Exposure is on a all time high with some of these pastors darkness all secrets are being revealed God knows the right timing for revelation to come to full light this is sad pray for his family the members and it's the godly thing to do let us all pray but give all Honor and Glory to our Lord .Amen? Amen 🙏🏾🙋🏾‍♀️

“Laying of hands” indeed C Minor 😂. Happy Father’s Day to you and all other father’s that see this. 🤝

Here's the thing... it happened that long ago, sure. Still shouldn't be in ministry, but let's address present day. He is ACTIVELY LYING by saying the father gave his blessing to return to ministry. This is just one of the current deceptions. This man, for many reasons, needs to be removed and he SHOULD focus on his relationship with God more than saving face. That church is going to be shaken so much harder the more they try to protect the offender and further abuse the victim.

The issue is the police weren't notified. I really wish churches had a "duty to report" instead of coming up with their own solutions to crimes.

According to the word of God it seems that he is disqualified. He hid it, he faced no consequences, and he just now repented of it publicly. The statute of limitations has run out but she can sue him in civil court. I may be wrong but I suspect it was getting ready to come out which is why he tried to "get ahead of it." I dread the rest of this horrible story as well as others that are likely, not guaranteed but likely, to come forth. This is horrific. The length of time and the nature of the predation as well as the way he's trying to soften it is very reprehensibly telling. She. Was. 12. Years. Old. I'm getting queasy just typing this out.

I'm thinking about the survivor of this crime and what kind of message the decisions sent to her all of those years ago. So, a group of people decided he needed to sit down, and basically, it never needed to be mentioned again. Then, two years later, he's up again completely restored. Meanwhile, the message to the survivor is that her perpetrators value was greater than justice for her. If (if it's true, ) her father went along with this......who was she to feel affirmed by or turn to if she felt wronged by it all? Her natural protector was aligned against her in the decision-making process. (Once again, if that part is true). So, he groomed her parents and manipulated her to the point of fear for 4 years and it was flossed over. Okay, they missed the mark 30 years ago, and no charges can be brought, but they need to get it right this time. Burns me up that his church starts off explaining this situation by prefacing it happened 30 years ago (gaslighting the public)........what does that have to do with it??? That makes it no less heinous!!! His survivor is a REAL person. She mattered then, and she still matters. I'm sorry yall, I'm a therapist and there are so many men and women who went through all types of abuses as children. They are left seeking support mostly because they were left to feel worthless because when the safe adults in their life became aware of the abuse in one way or another they were told shhhhhhh. They were told how the exposure could ruin the perpetrators life (whether relative or some other person). So they learned to suffer in silence and prioritize others value above their own. Then people wonder why some adults have low self-worth......they received the message somewhere........😢

The right thing to do was not sit him down, rather it would have been to call Law Enforcement and let them investigate. Morris, when found guilty in a court of law, should have received a lengthy prison sentence.

If the statute of limitations isn’t up, this man needs to go to prison.

it doesn't matter if it was 35 years ago or last week! The guy is sick!!! He should have spent time in jail.

Everyone who aided in hiding this sin should be held accountable. He should have been sent to jail.

Many so called confessions are coloured to make it sound less gross. It would be for the good of the Church that he step down.

Hello Pastor Corey, I am glad you have shifted your focus off of studying unsaved persons, especially celebrities and the gross sins that they commit. Because they are lost and slaves to the devil, the world and their flesh and sometimes cannot do anything else better than what they do. But you are focused on Christians living righteously and encouraging us to do so. Remember what the Bible tells us in Proverbs 28:19 "He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Thanks for staying focused on the word of God.

💡My suggestion to all Christians: Desire and work on having an ever-growing intimate relationship with God. Draw close to God and God will draw close to you (James 4:8). You draw close to God by getting to know God. You get to know God by spending time with God in reading, studying, and meditating upon God’s Word. To know God is to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, body, and strength. And when you really know God, you will love Him. Live in God's Word and let God’s Word live in You. Be a doer of God’s Word and not a hearer or reader only. Spend time with God daily in prayer. Pray about everything. Pray for the gift of discernment. Seek God’s face. Learn God’s voice. Keep your focus on God. Be faithful to God. If someone tells you something that does not line up with the Word of God, denounce it. God can’t lie and God will never go against His Word. Ask God to show you yourself, your heart, and allow God to work on you. Ask God to show you the hearts of the people you allow close to you. And be prepared to let some people go.