Series: Red Letter Living

Spiritual maturity is directly related to the length of time between hearing the Word of God and doing it.

Building your life around the goal of obeying God is a step toward religion, not relationship.

Overwhelmed is no way to live.

There is no impact without contact. In our 21st century culture, contact is on the way out.
Jesus connected with real people. Especially people He wasn’t supposed to be connected to. To have impact, you have to increase contact.

If you want to be distressed—look within. If you want to be defeated—look back. If you want to be distracted—look around. If you want to be dismayed—look ahead. If you want to be delivered—look up!

The call of Jesus was so simple, so clean, so clear: “Follow Me.” And if it means a life of suffering, hardship, and disappointment, it will be worth it because following Jesus Christ is more powerful and more fulfilling than living with everything in the world minus Him.

Jesus sets the tone for who we are to love and how we are to love.

Here’s what I believe about belief: People can believe they believe something that they may not actually believe. Do you believe that’s true?
Following Jesus is what happens when our lives align with what we say we believe about Him.