Series: Friendship & God

Continuing our discussion on the fear of the Lord, we explore the benefits we receive from this aspect of friendship with God. How does fearing the Lord help us, prepare us, and build up our relationship with God and others?

We don’t often consider fear as a part of our… read more

You can’t be friends with someone if you don’t love them. As Christians, we should keep our love and passion for Jesus fresh. To do this, we can take the advice given to the church of Ephesus – remember our first love.

We have the deepest conversations with our closest friends. God wants to have those deep conversations with us, too, and the strongest friendship we could ever know. God isn’t looking for us to be perfect, but to get closer to him and listen to him.

Being a friend of God means we go beyond simply admiring and following God – we actively pursue depth and trust with Him. Friends of God know His voice, influence others by their faith, know His character, walk with God, and experience God’s provision.