Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances - perhaps persecution or disease or abandonment - and we conclude that we are not loved by Jesus anymore. That’s the opposite of abiding in the love of Jesus. So abiding in his love means continuing to believe, moment by moment, that we are loved.

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

I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.

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

When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle.

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

We can be content with simplicity because the deepest most satisfying delights God gives us through creation are free gifts from nature and from loving relationships with people. After your basic needs are met, accumulated money begins to diminish your capacity for these pleasures rather than increase them. Buying things contributes absolutely nothing to the heart's capacity for joy.