The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

This is the secret of being content: To learn and accept that we live daily by God's unmerited favor given through Christ, and that we can respond to any and every situation by His divine enablement through the Holy Spirit.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

Perhaps we should stop talking about being faithful to have a quiet time with God each day, as if we were doing something to earn a reward. It would be better to talk about the privilege of spending time with the God of the universe and the importance for our own sake of being consistent in that practice.

Faith enables us to obey when obedience is costly or seems unreasonable to the natural mind.