You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.
A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology
We are far too easily pleased.
God made us in His own image so that His image would be shown.
Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there is a unity, because the same great passion is fulfilled in both-namely, that Christ be magnified in this body-our bodies-whether by life or by death.
The call of God creates sight in us. It's the work of God in our hearts to awaken us before his word.