We can spread ourselves too thin, trying to gather up so many friends that we aren't truly close to any of them. Friendship requires us to be genuine and go deep with another. However, there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother - what a friend we have in Jesus!

This Christian life was never meant to be lived on our own. We need to seek out the righteous around us so that they can lift us up when we fall. The key to staying on the right path is building a firm foundation and then living like we are all in this together.

The Bible says that as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. We have to get rid of our "they're wrong" complex about others and instead look to sharpen them (as they sharpen others). Who or what is sharpening you in your life? Are you a sharpener?

God will sometimes ask us to jump out in faith. Hebrews 11 records a list of people from days of old who have done just that. Faith isn't an easy choice, but it's one that God asks us to make even though it's uncomfortable. And God promises that our steps of faith will be rewarded.

In the Old Testament, God was separated from his people, even, to an extent, the high priest. But with Jesus, the separation has been removed and we - all of us - can come to him in confidence. But we shouldn't do it as individuals; we need to walk together.

In the Old Testament, the law was perfect but got perverted over time by religious leaders. In the New Testament, we see Jesus bringing love back to the law and changing the co-existence partnership with Israel into a love relationship with the world.

Relationship growth needs to happen even in a relationship with Jesus. Salvation is more than a "get of our jail free" card - we need to be growing in our knowledge and in our love of Him every day.

God rested on the 7th day after creation, but not because he had to. It was to make an example for us to follow because he knew we would need it. And it's not a suggestion - taking a regular rest from your labor is a command.

God took on flesh and became human in the form of Jesus Christ. Because of that, He knows what it's like to go through temptation. He gets it because he's been there, done that.

Jesus came to be the Giver of Eternal Life. What is Eternal Life? How do we receive it? We see that Jesus is the Giver of Eternal Life because he restores us.