The amount which you understand the gospel is measured by your ability to be joyful in all circumstances. If you grasp what a treasure the presence and acceptance of God are, then even when life goes really wrong you will have a joy that sustains you, because you’ll recognize the value of what you have in Him. When life punches you in the face, you’ll say, ‘But I still have the love and acceptance of God, a treasure I don’t deserve.’ And the joy you find in that treasure can make you rejoice even when you have a bloody nose. You have a joy that death and depravation cannot touch.
J. D. GreearThings like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.
J. D. GreearWhen something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it.
J. D. GreearIn Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.
J. D. Greear