Nothing is wiser than giving first to God, cutting back our expenditures wherever we can, and systematically paying off our debts to others, having placed ourselves through our faithful giving under God's blessing instead of His curse.

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace.

Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've really stretched ourselves in giving.

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

Is It Unloving to Speak of Hell? If you were giving some friends directions to Denver and you knew that one road led there but a second road ended at a sharp cliff around a blind corner, would you talk only about the safe road? No. You would tell them about both, especially if you knew that the road to destruction was wider and more traveled. In fact, it would be terribly unloving not to warn them about that other road.

The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ's return, both of which are imminent.