Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.

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".

The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life - more than money, romance, family, health, fame - and when seeing His kingdom advance in the lives of others gives us more joy than anything we could own. When we see Jesus as greater than anything the world can offer, we'll gladly let everything else go to possess Him.

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

God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.

True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God.

Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Resting in what Jesus has done for us releases the revolutionary power of the gospel.