If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.
Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.
Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.
The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.
Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things.
Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.