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

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

The context of the gospel message is not our benefit or our salvation; the context of the gospel is the supremacy of Christ and the glory of God.

Have you read your Bible or has the Bible read you?

I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.

When we join God in his plan for his global glory, we get to be a part of the cosmic take-your-kid-t o-work day.

Because a God who is ultimately most focused on his own glory will be about the business of restoring us, who are all broken images of him. His glory demands it. So we should be thankful for a self-sufficient God whose self-regard is glorious.