While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly a gift of God's mercy and grace.

What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'

Some people are so moral they feel like they have no need for Jesus. True worshippers know they are in deep need of Jesus Christ and are transformed morally by "beholding Jesus" and seeing their lives transformed by the Spirit's power from the inside out rather than conformed to a pattern of religion from the outside in.

Where your delight is, the rest of your world is going to follow.

God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then you know someone came by and put it there. In the same way, God gives leadership according to His good pleasure.

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’

When God saves you, he doesn’t do it because you gave him permission. He did it because he’s God.