Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

We do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture. We weep. Being pilgrims does not mean being cynical. The salt of the earth does not mock rotting meat. Where it can, it saves and seasons. And where it can’t, it weeps.

We embrace the hand we've been dealt, because we know the Dealer, and he never deals badly.

Every criticism or slight against you, warranted or not, received or endured humbly, is written in heaven for your reward.

I measure Your love for me by the magnitude of the wrath I deserved, and the wonder of Your mercy by putting Christ in my place.

May we catch enough of a vision of Christ that we will not be satisfied unless we know him more fully.

It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.