Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."