If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.

If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.

Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.

I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.