Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well.

The gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.

The main problem in the Christian life is that we have not thought out the deep implications of the gospel, we have not 'used' the gospel in and on all parts of our life.

The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person.

A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.

When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.” No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him - and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.

If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.