Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him.

We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor

God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.

Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul said in Romans 11:6, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Our relationship with God is based on either works or grace. There is never a works-plus-grace relationship with Him.

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

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.