We rarely do anything with on single motive.

The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.

We forget that God's primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.

Love is willing self-sacrifice for the good of another that does not require reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving

It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey.

Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come.

There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus