Jesus gives us the ultimate example of how to love, connect, and have deep relationships.
When our goal is to love people, we don’t have to worry about success or failure in life
God wants to give us lasting confidence and teaches us how to get it through his early disciples.
God doesn’t want any of us to go through storms alone.
Returning to God is the only way we can stop living for people, stop being afraid of being different, and rediscover what it means to think differently.
God is relational; he wants a friendship with us, not a religious performance.
The parables of Jesus show that he understands you, can help you understand yourself, and help you understand God.
We need to evaluate how the pandemic has influenced the way we build relationships if we are going to move forward toward God's destiny for us and our friends.
Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.
What is influencing you the most during this pandemic? Has it been the news, discouragement, your emotions, or God, the Bible, and spiritual friends?
In the midst of dealing with the ongoing stress of 2020 and the pandemic, it can be easy to just want to run away and hope all of our problems will be magically solved. But no matter where we run, our stress doesn’t leave us.