When we reach out for and find God, we'll discover that life with him is incredible.
As parents, we can help our teenagers to love others - no matter how entitled they may be - by inspiring them to follow Jesus's example.
As long as our hearts have the entitlement mentality, personal growth in our relationship with God and with others will cease.
The Bible teaches how to build confidence in God, not self.
Not getting what we want may be one of the biggest challenges to our faith. God wants to parent us by giving us what we need.
With secure confidence in the saving power of God, we tightly grip the “sword of the Spirit”, which is God’s Word, and then march forward in our fight to rescue others from the darkness.
Pray about your lack of trust in God. What areas of your life are you unwilling to trust God with, and how has this affected your desire to pray? How has it affected your desire to read your Bible?
Jesus's confidence was in God, so when people were fickle he remained faithful, which is why I think so many people found him attractive. We must read the scriptures with greater intensity to learn this confidence, so we continue to keep the dream of Jesus alive and build his kingdom, regardless of whether we are many or few, important or irrelevant, succeeding or failing, being criticized or praised.