Prayer turns theology into experience.
The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ.
Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'
It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.