We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.

Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

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.

The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.

If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.

Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.