Likewise, we continue to follow Jesus as we struggle with sin. Repentance ushers us into a life of greater struggle, not out of one.
Abiding in Jesus means understanding that His acceptance of us is the same regardless of the amount of spiritual fruit we have produced.
His love is the soil in which all the fruits of the Spirit grow. When our roots abide there, then joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control grow naturally in our hearts.
The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life.
Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.
God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.
Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts.
In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.
It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security.