Four lessons from Priscilla and Aquila’s spiritual partnership
A spiritual marriage is one guided by the Holy Spirit to follow the teachings of Jesus, and the gift of a spiritual marriage is something the world can’t provide us.
The question is not whether we have a sense of divine purpose, but how we’re trying to satisfy it.
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.
In our most difficult moments, in our most hopeless times, and in our darkest days, prayer is the way out.
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.
