Holiness 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.

God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him.

Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good?

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.

If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.