This guide will help us anytime we want to read the Bible, but aren’t sure where to start
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.
We can use these psalms as a guide for ourselves when we need to find the courage to come into the light and grow.
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.
If you, like me, have a difficult time not going it alone, then you’ve come to the right place.
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.
