The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.

If you're a child of God, you do not just "go around once" on Earth. You don't get just one earthly life. You get another-one far better and without end. You'll inhabit the New Earth! You'll live with the God you cherish and the people you love as an undying person on an undying Earth.

Grace and truth are spiritual DNA, the building blocks of Christ-centered living.

But the reason we have this built-in desire for happiness is because we're created in God's image. He wired us to want to be happy. Unfortunately, we sometimes disassociate happiness from its true source, which is God Himself. Satan tempts us by offering us happiness, because he knows that's what we want. But he offers it in the wrong places, at the wrong times, and in the wrong things.

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

Christ offers us the incredible opportunity to trade temporary goods and currency for eternal rewards.

God doesn't look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep.