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

Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

The world needs Christians who don't tolerate the complacency of their own lives.

When it's hard and you are doubtful, give more.

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