"When a person becomes a Christian, he doesn't just join a local church because it's a good habit for growing in spiritual maturity. He joins a lcoal church because it's the expression of what Christ has made him--a member of the body of Christ."

"Resolution 28: Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly, and frequently, so that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same."

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

--John 13:34-35

"The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God."

--Jerry Bridges

“You can’t make sense of the Bible without understanding that God is holy and that this holy God is intent on making a holy people to live with him forever in a holy heaven.”

--Kevin DeYoung

“If your face is now covered with sorrow, the time will come when you will bless God for that sorrow. The day will come when you will see great gain from your losses, your crosses, your troubles and your affliction. From your affliction this glory shall spring, and the deeper your sorrow the louder you’ll sing.”

—Charles Spurgeon

“Sustained by joy in trial and pain,

"Chosen by the Father's mercy,

“God is not a God who is whimsical. He doesn’t have plan B’s. He saved you sovereignly because He decided to.” –John Piper

“God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.” –John Piper