The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.

The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.

I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity.

The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom. Abiding requires a kind of staying power. The pursuit is relentless. It hungers and thirsts. It pants as the deer after the mountain brook. It takes the kingdom by storm...The pursuit of God is a pursuit of passion. Indifference will not do. To abide in the Word is to hang on tenaciously. A weak grip will soon slip away. Discipleship requires staying power. We sign up for duration. We do not graduate until heaven.

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

The Word of God can be in the mind without being in the heart; but it cannot be in the heart without first being in the mind.

A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody hates you, maybe you have not displayed Christ openly enough.