Friendship Facilitates An Encounter With God
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the Scripture is 1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
If you love people in deep friendship regardless of what they believe, what you believe is going to look pretty credible. If you love people only if they believe what you believe or only if it looks like they're on the way to believing what you believe, why should they believe what you believe? How do you treat people who differ from you? The most transforming thing that facilitates an encounter with God is unconditional love in a powerful friendship.
We gravitate toward environments and relationships where we feel accepted, and we are repelled by environments where we fell rejected.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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