Jesus gives us the ultimate example of how to love, connect, and have deep relationships.
When our relationship with him is close, courage comes naturally because we trust God to protect us
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.
God is relational; he wants a friendship with us, not a religious performance.
God commands us not to give into our fear and reminds us that he will never fail us.
We have a God who always keeps his promises, and we can find those promises in the Bible.
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.
It helps to remember an important quality of Jesus — that he is always with us.
Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.