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.
Asking God for self-discipline won’t amount to much if your motive is not to love others.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.