The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.
J. I. PackerThere's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.
J. I. PackerIt is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the most profound unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. God became man; Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the incarnation.
J. I. Packer