When your treasure's in heaven, you stop negotiating trades with this world.

“I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, Thus says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered… esv.org/verses/Is42.6,…

Christ in us is the only hope of glory. Only.

Socially speaking, my mood since January 2020 has pretty much been: this world can go ahead and count me out and cut me off, because I'm not here for anything it's got to offer ✌🏽

Still an evangelist til I die though (so help me God) 🙏🏽

It really hit me today: why be like Christians when you can be like Christ?

Our culture of widespread tribalism and the desire to signal virtues and fit in (or stand out) and appease those we respect can make us chase form over true substance. May we be delivered 🙏🏽

I don't know if we noticed, but God doesn't clean fish He hasn't caught.

Spiritually speaking, I am both the richest and the poorest human being I know.

Sounds like a contradiction, but it's not. Two opposing truths united joyfully for me at the Cross of Christ. It's a match made in heaven. Literally.

People still sell out people for convenience and pleasure. It wasn't just the slave trades of old, it's in trade today. Right under our noses, in products, 'entertainment', food and even tech: time.com/6247678/openai…

Alexa, how many of us benefit from the exploitation of others?

Nutella.
Sliced Banana.
Strawberries.
Honey.
Sliced Apple, and
Every other flavour on the Five Guys milkshake menu.

Top 4 items to be served on toast or a toasted bagel.

For the JOY that was set before Christ, He endured the cross, despising its shame...

So maybe joy isn't an absence of sorrow, but a heavenly perspective on it.

In this world we will have trouble - but take heart, He has overcome. He will bring us home.

Glory to God 🙌🏽❤️🔥

Collecting medals before we finish our race won't just weigh us down, it could kill our motivation to finish.

A warning on crowd pleasing and self righteousness - thinking on Hebrews 12:1 and Christ's teaching in Matthew 6, that mere outward deeds have their reward in full.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God to save sinners - so who'd want it?

Prob not those seeking health, wealth, 'breakthrough', spouses, homes, jobs, cars, children, or even good govt etc.

But those seeking peace with the only Holy God, against Whom we've all sinned.

Lust is quintessentially loveless.

If we could even measure the patience and love of God towards us, we'd all consider ourselves the richest persons on earth.

But those who don't understand the love of God squander an eternity of wealth measuring themselves by things which have no lasting value.

Lord, open eyes.

'Do you expect to be honored in the world where your Lord was crucified?'

— Charles Spurgeon