The Psalms are a collection of prayers from people who felt strong emotions and let God turn their darkness into light.
The Bible is full of people who have learned from God how to be friends that understand, connect with, admire, challenge, and love each other.
The Bible says that the love of Christ makes us “complete” and gives us a full life along with the power that comes from God.
In our most difficult moments, in our most hopeless times, and in our darkest days, prayer is the way out.
The Bible gives us a lot of examples of people who found the courage to be themselves by believing that God loved them for who they were.
When we love God with all of our hearts, we will have the capacity to love people wholeheartedly and live out the exciting destiny God has for each of us.
Jesus loved the rich young ruler enough to offer him a way out of rule-following by asking him to make a decision to be close to him.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
But how do we become a light that shines brightly before others? The first step is making sure we choose not to live in darkness ourselves.
When we learn to make God a personal friend, he will become real to us, and in doing so teach us how to become a “true friend” to others.
Understanding the way we handle the storms of life can help us recognize what we’re building our lives on, and learn how to trust God and his way instead.
