Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him.
You cannot be in Christ and be indifferent to the sin in your life.
It's true that every road leads to God. But only one way leads to a pleasant encounter with Him.
If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.
You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.
Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.
The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.
Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music without lots of practice. No one excels in scholarship without years of study. And no one makes it far in the school of holiness without hours and days and years in the word. You and I simply will not mature as quickly, minister as effectively, or live as gloriously without immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. We need the Bible if we are to be competent Christians.
The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.
Grace is free, but it's not cheap.
Busyness kills more Christians than bullets.
Perhaps God brought you into this mess so that he can bring you out of it for his glory.
Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else.
...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.
To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore.
Those trapped in sin will not normally thank you for pointing out the darkness in their lives.
Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
We can stop pleading with God to show us the future, and start living and obeying like we are confident that He holds the future.
No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated.
Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story.
Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.
The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us
The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.
Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good?
Jesus didn’t do it all. Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do.
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