The question is not whether we have a sense of divine purpose, but how we’re trying to satisfy it.
One of the defining crises of midlife is refusing to admit the truth to ourselves that we’re getting older.”
Jesus had a relationship with God that gave him peace, power, and purpose in a chaotic world.
God wants us to evaluate ourselves by how deep and strong our faith is. He doesn’t evaluate our spiritual condition by looking at how we appear on the surface. The depth of our faith determines how much of a difference we can make in the lives of those around us.
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
There are many things that aim to undermine our faith: our guilt, different diagnoses, depression, anxiety, fear, and various circumstances. God wants to build our faith and confidence to be so strong it can handle anything thrown our way.