Therefore, when I look for a church, I look for the music that best fits me and the programs that best cater to me and my family. When I make plans for my life and career, it is about what works best for me and my family. When I consider the house I will live in, the car I will drive, the clothes I will wear, the way I will live, I will choose according to what is best for me. This is the version of Christianity that largely prevails in our culture. But it is not biblical Christianity.

Instead of imagining all the things we can accomplish, we ask God to do what only he can accomplish. Yes, we work, we plan, we organize, and we create, but we do it all while we fast, while we pray, and while we constantly confess our need for the provision of God.

Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of our need for his grace.

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

So the challenge for us is to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only God can provide.

We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.

Our greatest need is not to try harder. Our greatest need is a new heart.