The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

God did not rescue me out of the pain, He rescued me through the pain!

I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of.

Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.

Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.