Saying good-bye isn’t easy. So when we moved from Colorado to North Carolina, we had some tough good-byes to say. We left family and loyal friends.

Good friends are rare. You know what i mean--friends that stick with you through anything. You have that friend. Jesus. He is the best friend you'll ever have. He's faithful--all the time. Did you know that Jesus himself calls you a friend?

Let's immerse ourselves into this truth today in our interactive audio devotional.

KEY PASSAGE:

John15:12-15 (NIV)

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends.

RESOURCES:

Download the 21-DAY FRESH FAITH EXPERIENCE at www.retreatingwithgod.org.

Visit FRESH FAITH 24/7, a place where you can retreat with God and get to know him more deeply: www.freshfaith247.com.

Connect with Jon at jon@freshfaith247.com

It’s often hard to comprehend that the Lord Jesus Christ is also your brother. How can it be?

Jesus makes this statement, “He looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother’” (Mark 3:34-35 ESV).

When you were adopted into God’s family through salvation, you immediately became a brother of Jesus. Although you’re considered a brother by adoption, Jesus doesn’t see it that way. He sees you as his full-fledged brother. This spiritual relationship is far more important to Jesus than the physical relationships of family.

Be encouraged as we start the week together in today's audio devotional.

KEY PASSAGE:

Mark 3:31-35 (NIV)

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

RESOURCES:

Download the 21-DAY FRESH FAITH EXPERIENCE at www.retreatingwithgod.org.

Visit FRESH FAITH 24/7, a place where you can retreat with God and get to know him more deeply: www.freshfaith247.com.

Connect with Jon at jon@freshfaith247.com

What parent doesn’t know both the joy and pain of raising children? Our kids drive us to our knees. If you don’t have kids yet, I urge you to get a head start and begin praying for them now – even before they’re born.

Whether it’s for their salvation, success or safety, our kids need our prayers. We need prayer, too, as parents.

I believe that if we spend as much time praying for our kids as we spend trying to control their behavior, we’ll see a generation of God-loving, God-fearing young men and women.

In today's audio devotional, we'll explore how to establish a habit of prayer for our children.

KEY PASSAGE:

Numbers 6:22-26 (NIV)

The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

“The Lord bless you

and keep you;

the Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you;

the Lord turn his face toward you

and give you peace.”

RESOURCES:

Download the 21-DAY FRESH FAITH EXPERIENCE at www.retreatingwithgod.org.

Visit FRESH FAITH 24/7, a place where you can retreat with God and get to know him more deeply: www.freshfaith247.com.

Connect with Jon at jon@freshfaith247.com