What will pursuing intimacy with God cost you?

Is an intimate friendship with God worth the price? Why/why not?

Identify the three or four major enemies of intimacy with God in your life.

Who can you share these with, asking for their accountability in this journey?

How does the gift of Christ’s righteousness Paul talks about in verse 9 impact your pursuit of knowing God?

Why are we often more willing to pay a high price for earthly stuff than for intimacy with God?

Passion is the degree of difficulty we are willing to endure to reach the goal. Riter

The "cost of discipleship," though it may take all we have, is small when compared to the lot of those who don’t accept Christ’s invitation to be a part of His company in The Way of life.
Dallas Willard