Jesus does not want to be on the list of your priorities, he wants to be the list.

The cross is a reminder of just how important the church is and when we neglect the body of Christ not only do we suffer, we make light of what Christ did on Calvary.

Free yourself by knowing that God only expects you to be you. If you feel pressure to become anyone else, that impulse does not originate from the Holy Spirit, but your sinful nature.

It’s all about where I’m putting my trust. If a crisis causes me to draw into myself instead of into the Lord, I won’t ever learn how to let Him heal me.

So if we are called to serve one another in all that we do, what does that look like? And what does it have to do with how we read the Bible? 

He isn’t a professor that is simply grading our papers and keeping tabs on our progress. He is a loving, caring, and all-powerful Father that paid an unthinkable price for us.

Matthew tells his Jewish Christian readers, “Leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

Pursue peace and the mutual building up of each other in Christ. Then, lean in and listen.

I truly do believe that when we seek to engage in healthy community with other followers of Jesus, our own individual walk with Jesus will thrive.