What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.
J. I. PackerThe saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it
J. I. PackerJoy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.
J. I. PackerI am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained initiative in knowing me. I know Him, because He first knew me, and continues to know me. He knows me as a friend, One who loves me; and there is no moment when His eye is off me, or His attention distracted for me, and no moment, therefore, when His care falters.
J. I. Packer