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New eye glasses. Clearer vision. It's like I'm seeing crisper colors for the first time in a long time. My world looks clearer today.

Effort is ephemeral, hard to measure and incredibly difficult to deliver on a regular basis. So we hire a trainer or a coach or a boss and give up our freedom and our upside for someone to whip us into shape.
Has it become a crutch? Are you addicted to a taskmaster, to someone else’s to do list, to short term external rewards that sell your long-term plans short? If no one is watching, are you helpless, just a web surfing, time wasting couch potato? Who owns the extra work you do now that you’re being directed? Continue reading Addicted to a Taskmaster

Intellectual discussion is not for everyone. When you pitch your idea about a certain issue, some people think you are personally criticizing them. Not everyone can distinguish personal attack from a healthy discussion to achieve clarity of certain issues.

The cross is practical, it is God moving in love to meet violent men and women, facing violence and suffering for us.  Your faith was born in violence.  The Christian is not scared when the whole world is shaking.  Your faith was born on Calvary.  It can stand anything.  It is an all-weather faith.

Don’t imagine you can only be a Christian when everything is smooth.  Christians shine better when everything is just the opposite.  Your faith was born in blood and sweat in the loneliness of Calvary.  You can stand any test.

—[Bishop Festo Kivengere, When God Moves in Revival (Wheaton, 1973) via Ray Ortlund’s Blog]

One of the reasons why we are too comfortable with our sins is because we have lost respect of the presence of God.” —[Matt Chandler]

If we only realize that God is actually present whenever we commit sin, we would exercise more restraint and pray for more grace to overcome.

“You know my folly O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.” Psalm 69: 5

The older you get, the more it takes to fill your heart with wonder.

—Ravi Zacharias

Stay amazed at the glory of God. Never lose your sense of wonder. Keep your worship fresh and authentic.