Sublime

“Lord, here it is. Here’s my chance to work on these things.”

(Mike Wilkerson’s book Redemption and Justin and Lindsey Holcomb’s book Rid of My Disgrace are excellent.)

Confession is to say the same thing about your sin that God says.

God can get every characteristic of Christ into your life if He can just teach you to persevere.

Andy Stanley, Johnny Carson, Howard Hendricks, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham,

Les Stobbe, Max Lucado, Charlie Wetzel, Les Parrott, Bob Buford,

God wants to change you to the point where you see Christ when you look at your life, the same way you see your physical self by looking in a mirror.

of Jesus Christ).

The goal of ministry is to set people free, not simply to enjoy wielding spiritual authority.