Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than they had by sight.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.

We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be

Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music without lots of practice. No one excels in scholarship without years of study. And no one makes it far in the school of holiness without hours and days and years in the word. You and I simply will not mature as quickly, minister as effectively, or live as gloriously without immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. We need the Bible if we are to be competent Christians.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.