It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.

Who God is and what Christ did have huge implications for who we are personally and what we desire sexually.

Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your life will ultimately serve to increase eternal glory with your God; 'Light momentary affliction.'

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.

If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001.

Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.

It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.