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Pets are wonderful. Animals are amazing. However, my best friend isn’t an animal. My best friend is an invisible person who lives and works inside of me.

“This is what the disciples of Jesus do. They put down pretense, confess their ignorance, and ask one another questions in order to grow in their faith and understanding.” –JD Walt

This is how Paul describes the disciple making process that Christ-followers need to engage in: “When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation.” (1 Corinthians 14:26) “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” (Psalm 107:2)

People’s testimonies about “the blood of the Lamb” are so powerful that they overcome the devil (Revelation 12:11) and his temptations. (1 Corinthians 10:13) It’s time for the body of Christ to quit focusing on the same person’s teaching every week and instead to begin to train and release all of God’s people to openly testify about Jesus as they are led and empowered by the Spirit! (Acts 1:8)

Then Christ-followers can begin to hear what God’s Spirit declares in and through one another. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) They can become openhearted friends living in intimate community with one another and with the risen Jesus working in and through each other. They can train one another how to listen to Jesus, how to be friends with Him, and how to hang out with Him night and day.

True Christianity isn’t a religion. It’s a heart-to-heart friendship with the risen Jesus.

Religious people like to ask:
“Where do you go to church?”
But I prefer to ask:
“What do you and Jesus do together?”
Or even:
“What’s your favorite thing to do with Jesus?

Here are some things that I love to do with Jesus:

Listen to Him.Do what He tells me to.Talk to Him.Read the Bible with Him.Sing to Him.Thank Him.Worship and praise Him.Walk with Him.Write with Him.Tell people what He tells me.Focus on and enjoy His presence day and night.Do everything that I do with Him.

What has the Godman Jesus (John 1:1-14) done for you?

When you were born
Christ gave you a lot.
Appreciate
And celebrate
What you were given
And what you got!

At birth you were gifted with and received most if not all of these things . . .

Eyes to see,Ears to hear,A nose to smell,A tongue to taste,Hands to work with,Legs to stand on,Feet to walk with,Arms to reach with,A heart that beats,Lungs that breathe,Conscious awareness,A mind to think with,The ability to learn a language,Someone to feed and clothe you,People to care about you,The ability to communicate and express yourself,The opportunity to experience life,The capacity to enjoy being alive,An awareness that someone created you,The potential to be a benefit to others,The capability to care deeply about people,A conscience to guide you to inner peace,A period of time to be alive,The invitation to be a friend of Jesus,And so much more!
What are you doing with all of that?