Jesus calls us His friends...

Friendship with Jesus is to identify with Him in thought, word, and spirit. Friendship with Him is greater than friendship in the World. Through Him, He enables His friends to experience the depth of His knowledge, will, and purpose that He brings to our life. It is identification with our Savior on a very personal level and through Him, we begin to know the Father.

God does not like cul-de-sac's, He prefers through fares

God gives us blessing, not to keep for ourself, but to be an avenue of blessing to others. He who is greedy with God's blessing loses all spiritual blessing attached to it. Also, God expects a return of your first fruit to Him also.
So do not clutch to possessions, but give freely, because God loves a cheerful giver.

What it means to be a follower of Jesus

To be a follower of Jesus means more than following him around. There were many who did that only to turn aside later. To follow Jesus requires an internal transformation whereby you yield to him. Yieldedness means that if your will is one thing and his is another, you change in his favor.
The natural man does not do this. For those who have been given the Spirit of God, they must access his power to pull-off this internal change.

When You Must Wait On God

You cannot take action until God makes it perfectly clear what He desires. This is known as God's providence, which is the wisdom of God. God often times has plans for us which require preparing us for the task. It may involve setting us apart from sin or some other necessary thing required to act for God's purposes. To seek action before God prepares you necessitates failure on our part. God has placed His Spirit in the heart of the believer so that we may know Him and follow according to the plans that He has in store for each of us.

The Words of Jesus are Spiritually Discerned

The words of Jesus are foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who believe they are the power of God. The natural man cannot come to the right conclusion in the gospel. Jesus says we must walk in the light like he is in the light for the words to be understood as man's hope for salvation.
It is therefore important that we keep preaching Christ crucified because faith comes through hearing.

God Reveals Himself

The reason that we can walk by faith is because God reveals Himself to us.
The Bible is the Word of God and Jesus was the Word made flesh to dwell among us. In prayer we send petitions to God and in turn receive answers.
So we can know God's will and live our life walking by faith instead of walking by sight. It is important that you not try to impose your own will on God, but instead follow His guiding, especially the guiding of the Spirit.
By doing so, we are pleasing to Him.

BE ZEALOUS FOR CHRIST & HIS PURPOSE

The attribute that the Zealot has is a one-way passion. It is a single purpose for their life which is the magnification of the life and purposes of the Savior. Zeal is a product of will, living your life for Christ alone. Nothing this side of heaven is greater than this.