Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.
Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.
God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us.
The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.
Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience.
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.