7 signs of discouragement that we often miss, and how the Bible tells us to defeat them.
Learning from Jesus to see past our failures and find our potential.
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.
Giving God the opportunity to show how much he cares
Change is difficult, and it only happens when you really want it.
It is hard not giving up, but the Bible teaches us to fight the spiritual battle. Learning how to fight spiritually leads to stronger faith and deeper relationships.
Vulnerability is key to building real and meaningful relationships
We all want to be cared for, known, understood, and loved for who we are. God is the starting place for this kind of intimacy.
Tests, pressure, setbacks, failure, and trouble can expose the condition of our faith. We need Bible verses about resilience to help us believe that those challenges don’t have to own us.
Something we can all learn from basketball, that gets little attention when it comes to our relationship with God, is the importance of an offense and defense to beat burnout.
Jesus had the resilience to continually going back to God in prayer to face his fears of dying. He did not give up but kept fighting with God to get the faith to move forward.
Even when we make mistakes and hurt God, he still sticks with us because he loves us. Nothing we do can drive him away.