We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the world when in the midst of suffering we still don't curse God but say "The Lord gave and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord."

In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.

Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.

The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray

It is not saving faith to confess Christ as true. Saving faith receives Christ as a Treasure.

Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God.

Sin carries in it its own misery.