MAKE GOD YOUR BEST FRIEND

 In the Garden of Eden there were no rituals, no ceremonies or indeed any religion - "just a simple loving relationship between God and the people he created. Unhindered by guilt or fear, Adam and Eve delighted in God, and he delighted in them." Although the Fall destroyed the basis for that communion, it is still God's will that we live in his continual presence. That is why Jesus came to make that friendship possible again by taking away the penalty for our sin and rebellion by dying in our place. Make God your best friend and live in his presence continually through regular prayer and meditation.

      I celebrate and shout

   because of my LORD God.

   His saving power and justice

   are the very clothes I wear.

   They are more beautiful

   than the jewelry worn

   by a bride or a groom. Isaiah 61:10