{"id":94568,"date":"2026-03-14T21:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=94568"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:53:37","slug":"the-truth-about-having-a-personal-relationship-with-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-truth-about-having-a-personal-relationship-with-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Having a Personal Relationship with Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Andy Diestelkamp<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Personal Relationship with Jesus? Here&#039;s the Truth.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5wUbPPqiCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A personal relationship with Jesus can&#8217;t stay private. The truth is, the Bible talks about all kinds of ways a personal relationship with Jesus connects us to others and changes the way we interact with believers and non-believers alike.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Andy Diestelkamp via InLight Media A personal relationship with Jesus can&#8217;t stay private. The truth is, the Bible talks about all kinds of ways a personal relationship with Jesus connects us to others and changes the way we interact with believers and non-believers alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[73,1513,129],"class_list":["post-94568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-jesus","tag-relationships","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41783,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-scripture-says-we-have-a-personal-relationship-with-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":94568,"position":0},"title":"What Scripture says we have a personal relationship with Christ?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Our preacher says he is about a relationship with Christ instead of rules.\u00a0 I read and liked your article, Shouldn't we emphasize a relationship with Jesus instead of rules?, but I really can't find scripture that gives examples of a personal relationship with Christ. 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