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

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.

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