Christmas can be transformed into a celebration more attuned to honoring the One whose birthday we celebrate.

Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.

Worship is not an external activity precipitated by the right environment. To worship in spirit is to draw near to God with an undivided heart. We must come in full agreement without hiding anything or disregarding His will.

In salvation, God both declares us guilty and pays our debt. Only he can satisfy his own requirements. A savior less than God would be disqualified; God must do it himself.

To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we must continually check what we believe against the Scriptures.

The work that God does in us when we wait is usually more important than the thing for which we wait!

God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.