When you come to Jesus, you don't come to get health, wealth and prosperity. You come to Jesus to get Jesus

We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead, we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship.

I wonder sometimes, though, if we intentionally or just unknowingly mask the beauty of God in the gospel by minimizing his various attributes.

When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.

People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians

Jesus has not given us options to consider. He has given us commands to obey.

Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly.