No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

I am God and I am coming to find you.

The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment of a loving embrace - are like dewdrops compared to the bottomless ocean of joy that it will be to see God face-to-face (1 John 3:1-3). That is what we are in for, nothing less. And according to the Bible, that glorious beauty, and our enjoyment of it, has been immeasurably enhanced by Christ's redemption of us from evil and death.

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.