The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

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.

The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.

The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.

For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy. That is why the poor are as acceptable before God as the rich. It is the generosity of God, the freeness of his salvation, that lays the foundation for the society of justice for all. Even in the seemingly boring rules and regulations of tabernacle rituals, we see that God cares about the poor, that his laws make provision for the disadvantaged. God's concern for justice permeated every part of Israel's life. It should also permeate our lives.