Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross.

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.

When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.

Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin — it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, ‘this disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. I’m continuing to stab him with it!’

To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.

If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof for those beliefs as you seek from Christians for theirs - you will discover that your doubts are not as solid as they first appeared.

The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.