Anne Graham Lotz - God has not invited us to a religion or a denomination or an organization.

by Erin Roach, Baptist Press

NASHVILLE, TN - "We've always known about other religions, but Islam, Judaism and Christianity are three major world religions that are talked about in the news every day now," Anne Graham Lotz told Baptist Press.

"Abraham is considered the patriarch of these religions, but he actually left religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God. He was not a religious man from the time he left Ur on. He instead pursued a relationship with God," she said.

The most difficult distraction to overcome as she tries to live out the God-filled life patterned by Abraham, Lotz said, is busyness.

"I think just having that quiet, focused time to spend with God every day is vitally necessary to pursuing a relationship with Him. You establish that relationship at the cross by faith, but then you develop it day by day, step by step," Lotz, evangelist Billy Graham's daughter, said. "It requires time spent reading your Bible, listening for His voice to speak to you, applying it to your life, living it out in obedience.

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