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.
Jesus loved the rich young ruler enough to offer him a way out of rule-following by asking him to make a decision to be close to him.
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.
Loving God with all your soul is important; Jesus says it is part of the first and greatest commandment.
We all long for unconditional acceptance and closeness. It all starts with learning to develop intimacy with God.
God can give us faith and teach us how to love big!
Even when we make mistakes and hurt God, he still sticks with us because he loves us. Nothing we do can drive him away.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.
It is easy to try to rely on something as tangible as money for security. What are times in your life when you have faced guilt or regret, and relied on wealth or money, rather than turning to God for forgiveness?