To learn true humility, we need more than a redefinition of greatness; we need even more than Jesus' personal example of humble service. What we need is His death.

A cross centered life is made up of cross centered days.

It’s not 'those who help themselves' whom God helps; it’s those who humble themselves.

Your greatest need is not a spouse. Your greatest need is to be delivered from the wrath of God - and that has already been accomplished for you through the death and resurrection of Christ. So why doubt that God will provide a much, much lesser need? Trust His sovereignty, trust His wisdom, trust His love.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.

Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the dearest place on earth.