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.
Transparency is one of the best weapons we have against the loneliness the world around us is experiencing.
One of the defining crises of midlife is refusing to admit the truth to ourselves that we’re getting older.”
No matter what problems you may face, God has a way to make them purposeful. God helps us change our perspective so that we see problems as opportunities.
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.
When we are insecure, it can be easy to feel like we are a “nobody going nowhere.”
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.