Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance.

It's a law of life: the tyranny of things.

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.

Ironically, many people can't afford to give precisely because they're not giving. If we pay our debt to God first, then we will incur His blessing to help us pay our debts to men. But when we rob God to pay men, we rob ourselves of God's blessing.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

The cost of redemption cannot be overstated. The wonders of grace cannot be overemphasized. Christ took the hell He didn't deserve so we could have the heaven we don't deserve.

You are made for a person and a place. Jesus is the person. Heaven is the place.