The more clearly we recognize how deep our commitment to self-protection operates in our relational style and the more courageously we face the ugliness of protecting ourselves rather than loving others, the more we'll shift our direction.

The goal of our sanctification is that we place Christ on display in the way we love others.

In order to meaningfully repent of the ways in which we violate love, we must recognize them. We won’t recognize self-protective patterns of relating as sinful violations of love until we face the disappointment in our soul we’re determined never to experience again.

I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

Godly people... nobly endure hard things. They know that their existence is meaningful and that they are destined for unlimited pleasure at the deepest level in heaven. Because they keenly feel that nothing now quite meets the standards of their longing souls, the quiet but deeply throbbing ache within them drives them not to compalint, but to anticipation and further yieldedness.