Spirituality not only resists the pressure to fit in with the world but also rises above it.
Negative thoughts about ourselves can be debilitating and discouraging
God's thoughts are higher than and completely different from ours
Personal conviction is something internal that guides the way we live our lives
While it isn’t wrong to feel angry, God can give us the power to handle this emotion in a spiritual and helpful way.
One of the many great things about having a personal friendship with God is that he satisfies.
God doesn’t want any of us to go through storms alone.
We are not meant to carry our fears, guilt, insecurities, or anxieties alone.
God notices what we go through, even if no one else does, and he wants to do something about our pain.
God wants us to both have our own happy and satisfying life and to help others have an opportunity for that life, too.
We all experience feeling stuck at times, whether it be in hardships, relationship conflicts, failures that follow us wherever we go, or guilt that feels too big for us to carry on our own.
In this week's Mini Quiet Time, we'll look at a story where Jesus had to choose to be vulnerable and what came as a result of his decision.