Because we put ourselves in God’s place, He put Himself in our place.

Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think.

You are worse than you think you are, but also far more loved than you feel you are.

Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don't obey God to get God himself — in order to resemble him, love him, know him, and delight him.

Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.

There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'