We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good feelings. It’s not primarily about power. All those things are byproducts, sparks. It’s primarily about the presence of God.

The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ.

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

We are saved by a man who died loving his enemies.

We must go back again and again to the Gospel of Christ crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what He did and who we are in Him.

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.