Although God has created us to have an intimate relationship with Him, our evil actions and wrong behaviors are an integral part of our nature handed down to us from Adam. Knowing that we have this sinful, crooked nature, just how are we supposed to remain in this intimate relationship? Paul explains how in Acts 3:19, “Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” Here Bob explains a biblical prescription for intimacy with our Lord. It involves God’s gift of repentance, apart from which we can do nothing about the intimacy we are missing. Maintaining a posture of continuous repentance, which has the power invested in it by the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, allows us to be transformed and experience the absolute joy of abiding in Him in an intimate relationship.