Jerusalem meant one thing for Jesus: certain death.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.

Even on days when every cinder in our soul feels cold, if we crawl to the Word of God and cry out for ears to hear, the cold ashes will be lifted and the tiny spark of life will be fanned. For 'the law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.'

We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology.

Christ is glorified in you when he is more precious to you than all that life can give or death can take.