Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God.

When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does - from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.

It has been religious people, often within the organized church, who have been the most critical of and even hostile to my relationship with God.

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

Everyone thinks they know Jesus because they've got a personal relationship with him.