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1 " Of what good is it, in the ultimate sense, to shower someone with affection in the absence of a robust confidence in Jesus and the courage to proclaim him as the sinner's only hope? "
― Sam Storms , The Hope of Glory: 100 Daily Meditations on Colossians
2 " The security is in the realization that my life cannot extend beyond God's grace or capacity to redeem all things for his glory and my good. "
3 " True love is something seen and known by others. "
4 " The object of faith always determines its quality and worth. "
5 " Where is the person whose heart is so passionately in love with the promised glory of heaven that he feels like an exile and a sojourner on the earth? Where "
6 " People can live in other spheres (cf. 2:1-3), but Christians live in Christ. "
7 " Earthly joys are fragmented beams, but God is the sun. Earthly "
8 " You may be at paradise or in prison, at the movies or in Chicago, but you are always and unchangeably in Christ. "
9 " Earthly refreshment is at best a sipping from intermittent springs, but God is the ocean! "
10 " Earthly joys are fragmented beams, but God is the sun. Earthly refreshment is at best a sipping from intermittent springs, but God is the ocean! "
11 " faith is only as good as its object. "
12 " True faith energizes vocal proclamation and courageous witness concerning its glorious object: Jesus. "
13 " Paul is not impressed with faith. What moves him is faith "in Christ Jesus "
14 " this is what we hope for, the objective reality of our future inheritance, not the feeling of hope or expectation in our hearts. So "
15 " Mere sincerity, passionate devotion, clarity of conviction, and depth of insight are all ultimately useless unless they are rooted in and focused on the person and work of Jesus. "
16 " May God so work in our hearts that our faith is affectionate and our passion is principled. "
17 " Not only will it never end, it will never diminish in its capacity to enthrall and fascinate and impart joy. It "
18 " set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 1:13). This "
19 " Where is the person who has so tasted the beauty of the age to come that the diamonds of the world look like baubles, and the entertainment of the world is empty, and the moral causes of the world are too small because they have no view to eternity? Where is this person? "
20 " set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 1:13). This is a commanded obsession. Fixate fully! Rivet your soul on the grace that you will receive when Christ returns. Tolerate no distractions. Entertain no diversions. Don't let your mind be swayed. Devote every ounce of mental and spiritual and emotional energy to concentrating and contemplating on the grace that is to come. What grace is that? It is the grace of the heavenly inheritance described "