"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus." -- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NASB)
"Christ is never fully valued until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignancy of our disease in order to appreciate the Great Physician." -- J.C. Ryle
"Becoming a Christian does not make life better; becoming a Christian makes you acceptable to God. Therefore, we can endure the rotten things with joy because our biggest problem has been solved." -- Todd Friel
"One of the greatest crimes committed by this present Christian generation is its neglect of the gospel, and it is from this neglect that all our other maladies spring forth. The lost world is not so much gospel hardened as it is gospel ignorant because many of those who proclaim the gospel are also ignorant of its most basic truths. The essential themes that make up the very core of the gospel—the justice of God, the radical depravity of man, the blood atonement, the nature of true conversion, and the biblical basis of assurance—are absent from too many pulpits. Churches reduce the gospel message to a few creedal statements, teach that conversion is a mere human decision, and pronounce assurance of salvation over anyone who prays the sinner’s prayer."
— Paul David Washer ("The Gospel's Power & Message")
"May the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
May Yahweh be glad in his works,
the one who looks at the earth and it quakes,
and touches the mountains and they smoke.
I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I remain alive.
May my meditation be pleasing to him.
I will be glad in Yahweh." -- Psalm 104:31-34 (LEB)