We live under the sun, but our destiny is beyond its rising and setting.
The vinedresser is never nearer the branches then when he is pruning them.
We are God's productions, His compositions.
The very thing that most qualifies us to pray is our helplessness.
There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but in terms of worship and devotion to the One we will worship for all eternity - the Lamb who sits on the throne of heaven.
Jesus became mortal to give you immortality; and today, through Him, you can be free.