Charles Stanley Daily Devotional 27 April 2026 (In Touch) Monday Message
Charles Stanley Daily Devotional TOPIC: God’s Purpose for Intimacy
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Psalms 103:1-14
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In a truly loving relationship, each person wants to know more about the other. As believers, we are sometimes guilty of taking a more self-interested approach and forgetting that God is the rightful center. When that is the case, we may head to church or into quiet time looking for something to inspire, motivate, or help us. But God’s purpose for intimacy is to reveal Himself.
Part of the problem is that we would like to practice our faith in the safest way possible. Bible study, prayer, and church are relatively easy compared to stepping out in faith or enduring hardship. To know God intimately is not a purely intellectual pursuit. A truth about the Lord is not really ours until He works it into our lived experience.
The only way to gain such knowledge is by choosing to trust and follow Him daily (Jeremiah 17:7). As we do, we’ll learn more about who He is. For example, we can read that the Spirit is the Comforter, but we won’t know this truth until we need and experience His comfort firsthand.
The Christian life isn’t about feeling good and deriving the greatest personal benefit. Rather, God builds an intimate relationship with each Christian. In this way, He can reveal more about Himself—truth by truth—as a believer needs that knowledge.
Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 16-17
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: God doesn’t want you to simply know about Him—He wants a genuine relationship with you.
Dr. Charles F. Stanley was the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. Throughout his ministry, he demonstrated a keen awareness of people’s needs and provided Christ-centered biblically based principles for everyday life.
