Seek 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.

One of the signs that you are walking in the light is that you are honest about having walked in the darkness.

It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones, and you’re set. But a moral checklist doesn’t take into consideration the idols of the hearts. It may not even have the gospel as part of the equation. And inevitably, checklist spirituality is highly selective. So you end up feeling successful at sanctification because you stayed away from drugs, lost weight, served at the soup kitchen, and renounced Styrofoam. But you’ve ignored gentleness, humility, joy, and sexual purity.

Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less.

...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.

We can stop pleading with God to show us the future, and start living and obeying like we are confident that He holds the future.

As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.