Jesus took the tree of death so you could have the tree of life.

I am accepted by God through the work of Jesus Christ - therefore I obey

The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received.

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

If God exists then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling can matter forever.

A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.

Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path.