There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.

Because of Jesus-there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life.

The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment of a loving embrace - are like dewdrops compared to the bottomless ocean of joy that it will be to see God face-to-face (1 John 3:1-3). That is what we are in for, nothing less. And according to the Bible, that glorious beauty, and our enjoyment of it, has been immeasurably enhanced by Christ's redemption of us from evil and death.

So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.

To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.