People who are obsessed with Jesus aren’t consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God’s kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.
We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.
Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.
We have to believe it enough that it changes how we live.
We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.
I don’t want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater.
Don’t believe something just because you want to, and don’t embrace an idea just because you’ve always believed it. Believe what is biblical. Test all your assumptions against the precious words God gave us in the Bible.
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.
The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
We are each given different gifts and talents by our Master. The thing that matters most is how we use what we have been given, not how much we make or do compared to someone else. What matters is that we spend ourselves.
Both worry and stress reek of arrogance.
Doesn’t every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?
From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?
As we begin to focus more on Christ, loving Him and others becomes more natural. As long as we pursuing Him, we satisfied in Him. It is when we stop actively loving Him that we find ourselves restless and gravitating toward other means of fulfillment.