The Wake-Up Call

Only the true and living God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is worthy of our worship.

Is my life bearing fruit or is it mostly a lot of leaves?

The law is meant to train us to love in such a way that the law is no longer needed because it has become written on our hearts.

Jesus waits for a generation who will not be content to live out their lives in the lazy place between belief and unbelief

But more than help for our particular situations, we need the reign and rule of the God of heaven and earth to be completely reinstated everywhere.

Lead us deeper into the overwhelming astonishment of an ever-deepening awakening to the person of Jesus.

The kingdom of God is not about the efficiency of labor but the extravagance of holy love.

Don’t be afraid; only believe.

The kingdom is not meant to be hidden but revealed, yet it takes a certain kind of seeing to perceive it.

And while Jesus will always go where he is needed, I think it is safe to say he most wants to go where he's most wanted.

We know nothing about the faith of the paralyzed man. This is a story about the faith and love of his friends. 

The time is fulfilled: now. The kingdom of God is at hand: here.

In his resurrection from the dead, Jesus defeated the curse of death and destroyed the power of sin.

What if the outcome of my sin actually carries the real effect of directly and particularly assaulting Jesus Christ, the God of heaven and earth? 

The gospel is an unreasonable, unfathomable, incomprehensible, and inappropriate display and demonstration of the affection of God for sinners. 

The kind of kingdom-venturing risk-taking that matters the most involves showing mercy to those most in need of mercy and doing so in a self-forgetful way.

How can we be prepared? There is only one way. Receive the gift of eternal salvation in Jesus Christ. 

Jesus doesn't hate hypocrites, but he hates hypocrisy.

The main thing is the love of God.