Spiritual Pathways

Growing up I was generally lead and came to accept that they way to God or to draw closer to God came through "going to church." I thought the only place to find God was in the midst of a "worship service." When I became a teenager I began to get the idea that God might be in your cloest as well, and that is where you could also go to pray and get in touch with God.
John Ortberg's book God Is Closer Than You Think, a number of Spiritual pathways are listed in chapter 7 that show how people in different ways are drawn closer to the presence of God. People relate differently to God and draw closer to God in different ways. They are all true and we can all draw to his presence through all of them, but one or two might be more true to you than some of the others. I believe this is perfectly exceptable in our spiritual growth and relationship to God.

1. Intellectual Pathways - we draw close by what we learn.
2. Relational Pathways - we draw close by the relationships we have with other spiritual people.
3. Serving Pathways - we draw close to God by serving others.
4. Worship Pathways - we draw close by our cooperate worship, or peer and family devotionals.
5. Activists Pathways - we draw close to God by standing up for a cause like feeding the hungry.
6. Contemplative Pathways - we draw close to God by alone times with God in meditation and appreciation.
7. Creation Pathways - we draw close to God by being close with his awesome creation.