To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life.

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us.

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.

If we are not deliberately thinking about our culture and our context, we will be conformed to it without ever knowing.

The gospel frees us from the relentless pressure of having to prove ourselves, for we are already proven and secure.