When "everything is awesome" we may miss what (and Who) is truly deserving of awe.

You will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God.

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

The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm

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.

The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.

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.