God wants to give us lasting confidence and teaches us how to get it through his early disciples.
How do we get out of the constant cycle of comparison?
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.
Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.
When we learn to make God a personal friend, he will become real to us, and in doing so teach us how to become a “true friend” to others.
True compassion is not just having a feeling, but doing something about that feeling.
How I learned that truth is my friend, not my enemy.
6 tips from the scriptures
These Bible verses on godly friendship will give us steps we can take to empathize, have compassion, and love our friends as we help strengthen their faith.