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.
The parables of Jesus show that he understands you, can help you understand yourself, and help you understand God.
We need to acknowledge what is wearing us out, especially the ways in which we become focused on rules and behaviors.
Jesus can teach us how to break free from a frustrating, unsatisfying, and rule-dominated experience of Christianity to find a real relationship with God.
What the Parable of the Great Banquet teaches us about God’s invitation is to be part of his Kingdom.
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.
For such a time that we are in, we are given an incredible opportunity to not tread water spiritually, but to take advantage of everything that’s going on - to learn and to transform.
When we get “used” to being a Christian and know what the Bible says, we end up reading and analyzing the Scriptures without seeing God for who he is. The power and hope the scriptures talk about only comes with a real and engaging relationship with God.