The question is not whether we have a sense of divine purpose, but how we’re trying to satisfy it.
The Bible is full of people who have learned from God how to be friends that understand, connect with, admire, challenge, and love each other.
When we love God with all of our hearts, we will have the capacity to love people wholeheartedly and live out the exciting destiny God has for each of us.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
Five ways Jesus can teach us to show compassion when we want to be critical.
Motivation to build relationships happens when we are moved by God’s love and have the courage to face our fears.
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.
God can give us faith and teach us how to love big!
Being vulnerable with God means being comfortable with our weaknesses because we know God’s power is greater than any of our weaknesses or flaws and that all our strength and courage comes from God. There’s freedom knowing that God loves us no matter what and can make us strong despite our weaknesses or insecurities.
God’s forgiveness and love can soften even our most ungrateful hearts and motivate us to treat others around us with love and compassion.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.