What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate involvement in global mission is actually selling God short by frustrating the very purpose for which he created us?

Saturate your preaching with the gospel in the church, so that you people speak gospel in the world.

The gospel does not prompt you to mere reflection; the gospel requires a response. In the process of hearing Jesus, you are compelled to take an honest look at your life, your family, and your church and not just ask, 'What is he saying?' but also ask, 'What shall I do?'

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

God actually delights in exalting our inability. He intentionally puts his people in situations where they come face to face with their need for him.

While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.

This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation.