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

Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.

God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.

Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there?

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people.

God is not worn out running the galaxy. He’s not taxed at all guiding every dust particle all the time.