There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.

Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel.

If you don’t know God as beautiful and satisfying, you don’t know him.

If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.

Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it-with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. The church needs to build a common vision of what worship is and what she is gathering to do on Sunday morning and scattering to do on Monday morning.

We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person.