Psalm 103:7 (NIV) He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel.
“Jesus doesn’t simply want obedient followers; He wants intimate friends.” James 2:23(NIV) “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and hewas called God’s friend.
Mark 3:13-14 (NIV) 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve--designating them apostles-that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach.
“He chose you for nearness, and devotion follows.”
John 15:14–16 (NIV) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
Slow down, lean in, and listen up.
It all begins with him doing something in us. 1 John 4:19 (NIV) We love because he first loved us.
John 13:8-9 (NLT) 8 “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.” 9 Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!”
