The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.

The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel.

You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.

Remember that according to the Bible, the heart is not primarily the emotions but rather the seat of our fundamental commitments and trusts, and therefore it is the control center of the whole life. So to preach to the heart means to go right for the commanding commitments of people's lives that drive their desires, thinking, feeling, and action.

To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.