Self-image, the concept we have of ourselves, must begin not by looking in the mirror but by looking into the face of God.

If your reason for worshipping God is merely from a sense of moral duty, God would rather you not worship Him at all. To say that God is pleased with worship that lacks passion is to say God endorses hypocrisy.

God does not reveal information by communication: He reveals Himself by communion. Revelation is a personal meeting of God with man. It is a meeting of mind with mind or person with person.

God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God.

God is able to cause all things people do to us, even the bad things, to work together for our good (Rom. 8:28). That isn't to say that all things are good, but that God can orchestrate the evil into a symphony of glory.

The New Testament never once warns us that humbly seeking and praying for spiritual gifts will bring anything other than a blessing.

Integrity... does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God's grace "sin less."