Jesus is not your accuser. He’s not your prosecutor. He’s not your judge. He’s your friend and your rescuer. Like Zacchaeus, just spend time with Jesus. Don’t hide from him in shame or reject him in self-righteousness. Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him for yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.

When we meet grace, it becomes the fuel of our faith. We pray, we read our Bibles, we worship and we live the purest lifestyle we can because we love a person.

We are often harsher judges than God himself.

Don't cheapen Jesus's sacrifice by trying to pay him back

Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance.

We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.

I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, "I want a Dad." But you won't abide in anyone.