Passage

• Mark 10:35-45

Main Point

• Be a friend like Jesus

Application

• Place others over yourself
• Push mercy, grace, and forgiveness instead of judgment
• Put love at the core of your relationships
• Practice what you preach

Application Question

• What would Jesus do if He were me?

Passage

• John 15:1-17

Main Point

• Friendship deeply connects us and others to Jesus

Application Questions

• Am I a friend of Jesus?
• Are my friends helping me be a friend of Jesus?
• Am I helping my friends be a friend of Jesus?

Passage

• Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Main Point

• Having friends who are following Jesus makes your faith stronger and your life better!

Application

• Get Christian friends
• Be the friend you want to have!

Passage

• Deuteronomy 11:18-28

Main Point

• Don't only trust the Bible, study the Bible!

Application

• Soap
  • Scripture
  • Observation
  • Application
  • Prayer

Passages

• 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 17
• Matthew 28:11-14

The Five E's

• Execution
• Early
• Empty
• Eye-witness
• Experience

Main Point

• You can trust the Bible because history affirms that HIS STORY is reliable and true.

Passage

• Acts 10:34-43

Main Point

• You can trust the Bible because it has eyewitness testimony of people who literally saw Jesus live, die, and raise from the dead.

What is the Bible?

• The Bible is not a book, it's a library.
  • It’s 66 books, written over 1,500 years by 40 authors in 3 languages across 3 continents, telling one cohesive story.

Passage

• 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Main Point

• We can trust the Bible because it comes from the mouth of God

Passage

• Romans 15:1-4

Main Point

• The Bible is the guide to the Jesus Way

passage

• Acts 16:16-30

Main Point

• No matter how hard life gets, choose the Jesus Way

Passage

• 1 Samuel 17:34-51

Why Do We Go Against The Grain?

• Because God was, is, & always will be faithful

Main Point

• God is faithful, so you be faithful