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

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

Don't underestimate what God can do with ordinary people.

What if all it took to bring us to our knees and to ignite our affections was the Word opened and the presence of God? What if that was enough for us? What if it didn't take a great band to evoke that kind of response from us in worship? What if His presence - His Word opened - what if it was enough?

Surely the gospel evokes unconditional surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is.

Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.

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.