The most important part of us is the part that no one ever sees.
Temptation is God's magnifying glass; it shows us how much work he has left to do in our lives.
Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And yet we, with all our freedoms, often choose to make Christmas a celebration of commercialism!
Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.
Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.
If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.