What is amazing is how we treat a meeting with God as ordinary or burdensome.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.

Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.

Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

The best things in life are gifts from the One who steadfastly loves us. But an important question to ask ourselves is this: are we in love with God or just His stuff?