How do we get out of the constant cycle of comparison?
Here is a spiritual checkup we can use to reflect on what our social media usage might be telling us about our hearts.
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.
Let’s look at how Moses, David, and Hannah's experience spending time with God changed their hearts and lives.
Strength comes from quiet and confident trust in God.
Jesus had a relationship with God that gave him peace, power, and purpose in a chaotic world.
The Bible teaches how to build confidence in God, not self.
This is a study on how to stay calm and be at peace even when life gets crazy. Whether school is stressing you out, you feel anxious about the future, or you have conflict in relationships with friends or family that you’re afraid to deal with, God wants to be a place of refuge even in the midst of chaos.
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.
