By staying close to God and following his guidance, we can fill our homes with joy, love, intimacy, and resilience.
Thinking about others is a deliberate choice, and it’s the most inspiring way we can live our lives.
God is our greatest example of love, and from him, we can learn how to love the people around us
We need to acknowledge what is wearing us out, especially the ways in which we become focused on rules and behaviors.
A lot of the problems we get into in life come because we are searching for love—often in all the wrong places.
Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.
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.
By digging down deep, we start the process toward having a faith in God that is not easily shaken. However, depth takes work. It is not a personality trait or a natural talent, but rather a skill that must be worked at and developed over time.
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.