Posts with the tag “relationships”

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers." - Psalm 1:1 The people you surround yourself with will always shape the person you become. Whether you realize it or not, your closest relationships are steering your life in a direction. Psalm 1 opens with a clear reminder that who you walk with, stand with, and sit...  Read More

"On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22:40 We tend to make following God more complicated than it needs to be. We create lists, systems, and rules to measure our spiritual success, but Jesus simplified everything with one word: love. When asked what mattered most, He said to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. T...  Read More

"Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." - Ephesians 4:15–16 Faith was never meant to be a solo journey. God designed His people to grow together. ...  Read More

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 If you want to know what love looks like, look at the cross. God gave everything because of love. He did not give out of obligation, and He did not give to prove a point. He gave because His heart was for people. That same love that sent Jesus to the cross is t...  Read More

"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13 Everything in this world fades with time. Money runs out, possessions wear down, success loses its shine, and even strength eventually fails. Yet there is one thing that never fades. Love. Paul wrote that faith, hope, and love are all essential, but love is the greatest because it lasts fore...  Read More

"And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22:37-40 Love sounds simple until you actually have to live it. It is easy to talk about loving G...  Read More

"And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." - Matthew 22:39 Most people have no problem loving themselves. We make sure we eat, sleep, and chase the things that make us happy. We defend ourselves when others criticize us. We forgive ourselves when we mess up. Whether we realize it or not, we all take care of ourselves in some way.  That kind of care is what Jesus pointed t...  Read More

"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" – John 4:29 She wasn’t looking for a Savior. She was just trying to get water without being seen. In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well in the middle of the day. That detail matters. Women in that culture usually came in groups during the cool morning hours, but she came alone, likely because of the shame tied ...  Read More

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” - 1 Peter 2:9 If you belong to Jesus, you have been called out of darkness. That is a beautiful reality. You are no longer stuck in your old life, no longer blind to the truth, no longer chained to the ...  Read More