God’s sovereign choices for my life seem to have been designed to create a rocky road to salvation. Why did He put such obstacles between my heart and His?

The truth of Christ in me, as me ia that He is the Source of Life. We often are unaware of who He is impacting through us and how.

I'm not interested in a casual cerebral knowing, I wanted that deep awareness only Christ gives. I needed Him to say, “I see you, John!”

I can easily conceive of my desire to know God, but to comprehend that I am known and seen by Him? Wow, the Lord sees me whether anyone else sees me or not.

You know, just the smallest drop of Christ’s Life is enough to send ripples across the whole landscape. And where those waves go is out of our purview.

It is one thing to spend time with someone, but it is quite another to see them. To see the person, not just a person, is a enormous gift to that person.

When we block the flow of God’s love into our hearts, we have a love deficit and a big problem. Is this deficit behind the character issues that plague us?

When the cock crowed, Peter saw the betrayal of his denials. And it crushed his heart. How many times has dawn broken and I have not seen any of my denials?

What are the markers for a life lived in the belief of God’s love and not mere knowledge of it? Do you BELIEVE that you are loved? Does your life reflect it?

I have had a hard time imagining that God wants to spend time with me. I understand my pursuit of Him, but that He would desire to be with me? “He really yearns to be with me?”

During our recent server transfer to a new host I saw a principle of life that I experience daily. It’s not easy to live out. Living life listening not knowing.

Most of my questions of God are "Why?" Like, “Why did You allow this suffering?” My questions reveal my values: comfort and safety. But what does God value?