How do you make new friends? I think the most important part is so simple: just spend time getting to know them. Mostly, pay attention to their actions and how they treat other people. Actions reveal where their heart is at. Jesus talks about this in Matt 7:15-20, saying that our actions are our fruit. Good fruit comes from good trees, and bad fruit from bad trees. When you look at yourself or people around you, what kind of fruit do you see? When you get to know Him, it’s clear to see that God’s fruit is always good: He’s kind, compassionate, loving, etc. He calls us to have that same fruit in our lives.
Challenge: sit down and spend some time getting to know Jesus more. Look up and read through some Bible passages that show His heart and the deep love that He has for you. Then, I encourage you to pray. Talk to Him as if He were a new friend you were trying to learn more about. There is so much to learn about Jesus, so even if you feel like you already know Him, I challenge you to sit down and learn some new things or even refresh your memory on the things you already knew but maybe have forgotten. Jesus is SO good to us and He is worth getting to know.
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