God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin

I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God’s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him. But know this: God will not be tolerated. He instructs us to worship and fear Him.

If God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn’t draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)? Doesn’t His courting, luring, pushing, calling and even ‘threatening’ demonstrate His love? If He didn’t do all of that, wouldn’t we accuse Him of being unloving in the end, when all things are revealed?

You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.

God has given you this good stuff so that you can show the world a person who enjoys blessings, but who is still totally obsessed with God.

...we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.