Every day, we need to identify these obstacles so we can overcome them.
Let’s look at how we can calm our people-pleasing, quiet our people-focus, and silence our drive to rely on ourselves so we can find Jesus’ purpose for our lives.
In our most difficult moments, in our most hopeless times, and in our darkest days, prayer is the way out.
If you, like me, have a difficult time not going it alone, then you’ve come to the right place.
Learn to walk with God, experience his presence in your life, and avoid drifting away from him.
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.
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.
Throughout the gospels, Jesus asked key, timely questions to spark deeper conversation and consideration.
We can learn something very important about God from each of these stories, something that will give us the strength of heart we need to “get back up again” no matter what comes our way.