The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.

We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.

You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic and not intend to follow their advice. If you don't intend to follow their advice, you simply don't trust them. Period.

You have established the earth and it continues. All things stand this day according to your directions. For all things are your servants (Ps. 119:91). God himself loves the earth dearly and never takes his hands off it. And because he loves it and it is good, our care of it is also eternal work and a part of our eternal life.

Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.

We don't have to be brilliant.