The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.
David PlattDo you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.
David PlattWe assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.
David PlattGod stands ready to allocate his power to all who are radically dependent on Him and radically devoted to making much of Him.
David Platt