God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself.

The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained.

When Jesus died on the cross the mercy of God did not become any greater. It could not become any greater, for it was already infinite. We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No--Jesus died because God is showing mercy. It was the mercy of God that gave us Calvary, not Calvary that gave us mercy. If God had not been merciful there would have been no incarnation, no babe in the manger, no man on a cross and no open tomb.

You have been forgiven, so act like it!

With a sacred expectation, I look for God in ALL of the circumstances of my day.

We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing.

Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us, yet if we withhold ourselves from that blood, we will be unclean forever.