To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore.
Kevin DeYoungSome Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.
Kevin DeYoungSeek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going.
Kevin DeYoungHoliness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances.
Kevin DeYoung