Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him.

We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's all we need to know. Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting in the promises of God.

Jesus didn’t do it all. Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do.

We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.

The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.

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

Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.