If all you got is "I don't want to be that" then sell insurance.

God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.

Many of the things that stifle growth are morally neutral. They're not bad things. Facebook is not bad. Television and movies are not bad. I enjoy TV, but it doesn't take long for me to begin to find humorous on TV what the Lord finds heartbreaking.

We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.