When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

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.

The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas.

The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

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

Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see the other person hurt will you have any chance of actually bringing about change, reconciliation, and healing. You have to submit to the costly suffering and death of forgiveness if there is going to be any resurrection.

A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!