Start with the recognition that He is a historical person Who existed 2000 years ago. Forget the abstractions. He is a Man. 

Set aside a few minutes to talk to Him. Ideally, do this on a daily basis, just for a few minutes. We have the ability to communicate with Him directly. If you randomly think of it throughout the day, continue to speak to Him. Just about anything that troubles you or anything you are thinking about. He will listen. He is like a friend who will listen to all your sorrows and comfort you and all your joys and rejoice with you. 

If you do this consistently, you will find that He is the only true friend a man can have. He is always available. And He desires that friendship. You will find that every perfect gift comes from above and that without Him we can do nothing. 

When you can’t find words to use, but you want to continue that conversation, the most ancient, most reliable, most effective formula that encapsulates anything anyone could possibly need to say to Him is as follows: “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner”. Focus on those words and say them with your heart whenever you can. 

Eventually, if you are consistent, you will seek the company of others who are friends with Christ. Having the full knowledge of mankind, He knew it would be best to establish a community. He promised this community would never fail. It’s important to recognize that He only established one Church, though. There are many communities that use His name, but only one is the Church that He himself established. 

I won’t shill the name of the Church here, because first you need to recognize Him in your heart before you can recognize Him in His Church. But, when you’ve done your own research, you’ll find His Church is the one with the most proof of work. It’s the one with the longest chain. It’s the one that is most decentralized, without any man as His representative, but which has Christ as its head. Despite its decentralization, you will find there is a unity of faith. It’s not an invisible church, but a physical church, manifest in the world. It doesn’t look perfect because it is composed of imperfect people. But it is perfect, because He established it. 

You don’t have to trust me, because you can verify for yourself.