1.having relationship with God
christian is not a religion is relationship with God,people always thing that when you become christian you have to be holy. See even though we may read the bible or go to church every sunday, that does mean we will have not sins.that is why people don't like to be christian, even though they are born in christain family, but still they denied their fatih. see become a christian is not doing your christian duty, is having relationship with God.
see i can understand God but not knowing him, read the bible is to understand what God like, knowing God is to have relationship with him. if you want to know that person, you won't ask people what is that person like you will talk to him so that you can know him better.
reading the bible is to understand he is a holy God he judge our sins. that is why when we sins we don't talk to God, david was the man after God own heart why? the reason is he have relationship with God he has the intermercy with God.
the bible say in 1 john 1:8-9 if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. if we confess our sins, God is faith and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteosness. we all have sins that why we need to have the grace of God, grace mean undeserve love. see we all are save by the grace not by workers (ep 2:8)
2.how can i know that Grace of God is abound in my life?
is to believe jesus raise from the dead and confrees he is lord and savior (romans 10:9), when i did that i am save by the grace of God. God does not die for my past sins, he die for all my sins.
that mean he die for your past and future sins,i want to share my testimoney i was not born in a christian family,i got save when i was 13. after i got save i still struggle with my sins. i really thank God that he does not give up on me, i almost give up but he did not. one day God spoke thought uncle ravi, he say that all my sins he has already forgive and he has give me enough grace to overcome all my sins satan put lie on me.
at that time my life begin to change, but i still have that desire, then one day God spoke to me in romans 6. all my sins he has put to dead, at that i say to God all my desire i lay down to you i surrender my life to you. at that time my life has change.
3.a tool to work in my life
to become cool christian is to surrender my life to God, and let the holyspirt work in my life. i may not know what God can do with my life, he can use me just like he use david and samuel.the bible is a tool for the holy spirit to work in my life, the bible stand for (basic instrution before live earth) my life will never be perfect, but i know that God can my life perfect.