Pursuing A Closer Relationship With God - by Jamila Perry

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Pursuing A Closer Relationship With God

With Jamila Perry

Often, as Christians, we have basic knowledge and understanding about God and how to access Him. In those times of development, we are highly dependent upon Him as we have found little satisfaction or comfort in anything else. As God promotes us in life, increasing our responsibility and broadening our experiences, we may find that what we learned in the beginning about God may not be enough as we face this new challenge: prosperity. Indeed, prosperity proves to be its own test as we seek to maintain our relationship with God and enjoy the comforts that life may provide us. Over the next 10 days, we will examine 10 ways of maintaining a close and intimate relationship with God even as we enjoy certain advantages in life. The more we learn and understand, we can begin to consistently apply these lessons to our everyday lives, shifting our perspective to be more God-centered and God-filtered.

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Meet your Teacher

Jamila Perry
Kinston, NC, USA

Jamila has worked as a Licensed Psychological Associate for over 8 years and provides mental health counseling services to children, adolescents, and adults. Counseling comes in the form of individual and group therapy sessions and she helps individuals and families identify emergency resources. Jamila started her private practice to provide quality mental health care to those in need, with the objective to provide more services over time and still retain excellent quality. Jamlia has relied on her understanding of God to live her life. Four years ago, life got extremely rough and what she thought she knew about God was no longer sufficient. She expanded her understanding of God and a deeper appreciation for the true intent of Jesus Christ. The information she shares in her teachings is based on demonstrating how to exercise one's spirituality in practical terms. Her goal is to answer the question of "How do I apply this?"

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10 Days

4.8k students

4.9 stars

12 min / day

Divine Connection

English

Lesson 1

Exploring The Levels Of Immersion Of Your Relationship With God

The goal of today’s lesson is to explore the depth of your relationship with God. This is important because your level of immersion determines your consistency of faith in the direction that God wants to take your life. It is important to expand that closeness with God, so that you develop confidence in the path God sets for your life. Your level of immersion also helps you to develop a level of expectation within your relationship with God.

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Lesson 2

God’s Timing Is Perfect

Part of expanding immersion is expanding trust in God and His perfect timing. We will focus on developing patience and not feeling the need to “speed God up” as we become anxious and impatient for an outcome. We will discuss the signs of fearfulness that show up when we’re waiting. We will discuss how to align with God in such a way that we can know what to expect, but be flexible about how it comes to us.

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Lesson 3

Being Human, Playing God

Today we will discuss God’s “sky-cam” view and how we can comfortably move forward not knowing all the details. The truth is that, from our perspective, we will never know ALL of the details. We will discuss how to view all of our life experiences, subtracting the labels “bad” and “good.” We will discuss the art of non-resistance and effortlessness in our daily living.

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Lesson 4

Alignment With God: Loving What He Loves, Hating What He Hates

When talking about love and hate, I am not talking about emotions. Alignment with God is operating in the understanding of embracing and becoming one who sees God and seeks to be productive in God. As such, you will avoid becoming ensnared in situations that promote blindness to God and unproductivity in God. We will discuss significant actions you can take to align with God immediately.

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Lesson 5

Developing Compassion For The Enemy

With our enemies, we tend to want to pray them away from us or rebuke them into a corner where God will deal with them and we have no further interaction. We will discuss how the way you relate to others is how you relate to God. We will discuss how God sees His people and how we should see others through God’s eyes. We will learn to recognize and remove our emotional blockages that keep us from embracing others in unconditional love. We will also discuss the art of giving and receiving as not being dependent on others’ actions or reactions.

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Lesson 6

A Life Of Favor: Being Unashamed In Blessing and Gratitude

As you have been learning how to see God and operate in God, you will soon see changes within your life. These changes will not just come in the external situations, but in your internal perspective as well. Because you will see life and circumstances differently, you will experience a consistent amount of joy and peace that others may not understand. We will discuss how to resist the temptation of blending in with cynics and scorners. We will also discuss how the demonstration of your joy to your fellow human is absolutely necessary and required.

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Lesson 7

God’s Preservation Of You: Prosperity Is Its Own Test

As God blesses us, He also preserves us. What this means is that He protects us from temptation as He elevates us beyond our distressing circumstances. We will discuss that, though God preserves us, we are still tempted to choose to step out of that preservation. We will discuss ways in which we can stay within our preserved state, including not falling for the illusion of our good fortune and maintaining a servant’s heart in which we constantly reflect God to others.

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Lesson 8

Rightness Vs Righteousness: Acting Outside Of God’s Will In God’s Name

One of the hardest battles when one obtains an understanding of God and is operating in alignment is being humble about it. We will want to compare ourselves to and correct others who may be at different points on their divine journey. Being right gives you a sense of power over others. Being righteousness brings a sense of responsibility to others. In this lesson, we will discuss ways to continuously operate in righteousness.

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Lesson 9

Reality Of Restoration: God’s Will First, Then Your Desire

Often in life we have experienced significant setbacks. These setbacks are likely what led to us seeking out God in the beginning. As we grow in God, we learn a new perspective that opens the door to restoration. We will discuss the concept of restoration and how what we receive is an upgraded version of what we previously lost. We will discuss how growth in God prepares you for restoration such that you do not lose out again.

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Lesson 10

How Resting In God Is Really A Preparation For Action

Rest is not about reaching some peak in your walk with God and then retiring in comfort. Rest is about being relieved of distractions and certain adversities that no longer help you grow. We will discuss how to not turn rest into stagnation and how to recognize the opportunity to continue growth and expansion in God.

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 124 community questions and 14 audio replies from Jamila Perry. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Tumi

Tumi

February 14, 2025

I loved this! One of the best courses that I’ve done, and I’ve done quite a few in recent months. I’m gonna repeat it because it’s that good.

Mary

Mary

February 2, 2025

Thank you, Jamila. Love your practicality in relationship to God.

Alex

December 26, 2024

So good! Inspiring, thought provoking, and wise without any sense of preachiness. Thank you! Really beautiful!

Sharifah

Sharifah

December 9, 2024

Thank you Jamila, your work have opened up my mind to a different perspective about relationship with God in a beautiful way. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone to share your knowledge. I appreciate you.

Tracy

August 23, 2024

Such a beautiful course with heart touching examples that really inspired me. Thank You for creating this course.

Anne

June 26, 2024

Thought provoking and I really enjoyed this!

Angela

Angela

May 1, 2024

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It has taken my height of awareness, faithfulness, service and forgiveness to a new height. I thank you, my Sista for enlightening me to a new depth and changing the trajectory of my path. I honestly can say through this course I owe that to you. May God continue to bless and use you to be that Light we all so desperately need.

Carol

April 15, 2024

I enjoyed every aspect of this course. It was insightful, practical and inspired reflection. Thank you. I will return to it many times, I am sure.

Jennifer

February 25, 2024

Amazing course! Wonderful speaker and thoughtful discourse.

Stefi

Stefi

October 7, 2023

Thank you so much for this empowering and informative course. God bless you and your calling! 💕🙏

Odalys

Odalys

September 7, 2023

God bless you. This was great! Spirit filled and direct. Thank you! 🙏🏽👼🏽🙏👼🙏🏻👼🏻✝️🛐🕊

Maximo

July 18, 2023

Clear and concise for believers and non believers. We’ll done.

Neftali

Neftali

July 13, 2023

I have a lot to work on.

Shelley

July 8, 2023

Thank you for this beautiful course. All of the lessons felt very meaningful and helpful for daily life.

lindsay

lindsay

July 7, 2023

Great course! Want to listen again! Thanks so much!!

May

May

July 6, 2023

A course about living in God expressed in a “down to earth” fashion. Excellent.

ginny

June 12, 2023

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Susan

May 17, 2023

Great lessons!

Paula

Paula

May 10, 2023

I am so inspired I cannot even explain it with any vocabulary I already knows. I have been driven by this urge to grow and expand and seek knowledge and it feels driven or inspired by God and I believe He has shown me what will be while I understand I must elevate and grow to a point where I am capable of receiving it and executing it sustainably and it’s for the greatest good imaginable. I have been telling my husband and a few others this for about at least a year or so and now I understand better what is going on and I am not crazy for feeling, seeing, & believing this and making my developing my way of being as something of significance. Thank you so much for this. The learnings gained supported me immensely and are priceless in nature. God bless!

Sygne

April 16, 2023

I live a pretty god centred life as I belong to a twelve step fellowship. I am required to work in my relationship with him to maintain my sobriety and experience serenity. But I continue to smoke which is hurting me. I continue to pray and prepare myself to quit. I am know I am going to listen to this over and over. Thank you Camilla

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