Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.

The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.

Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that?

In essence, we are reconciled to reconcile.

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.

Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.

He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let's work, if I go home? That's better. I understand that.