True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God. Many people use religion as a way of getting something else from God they want-blessings, rewards, even escape from judgement. This is wearisome to us, and to God. But when God is His own reward, Christianity becomes thrilling. Sacrifice becomes joy.

Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.

Being converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.

As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".

Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace.

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

At your church, the week is more important than the weekend. Empower people and send them out for the week.