The most unhappy people in the world are the ones who live only for themselves. All that they do, they do only for their own sake. For these self- centered individuals, the most precious things in the world is their ‘self.’ Like a cancer that eats and destroys its own cells, the self-centered individual is slowly dying inwardly.

The lesson is obvious. True missionaries concentrate on doing the work of Mark 16:15 rather than operating social-welfare programs. True missionaries serve the message of Christ, not the institutions of the church.

Every Christian in America has some minimal responsibility to get involved in helping the poor brethren in the church in other countries.

Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity?

Faith deals exclusively with believing God and His Word.

The most unhappy people in the world are the ones who live only for themselves.

We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.