CS Lewis

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Want/Need - Crazy Love - Francis Chan

The irony is that while God doesnt NEED us but still WANTS us, we desperately NEED God, but dont really WANT Him most of the time. 

He treasures us & anticipates our departure from this earth to be with Him - & we wonder, indifferently, how much we have to do for Him to just get by.

Worry/Stress - Crazy Love - Francis Chan

WORRY implies that we dont quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives.

STRESS says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace towards others, or our tight grip of control. 

Basically, these 2 behaviors communicate that its OK to sin & not trust God because the stuff in my life is somehow exceptional.

Francis Chan - Crazy Love

*We are slow to listen, quick to speak, & quick to become angry.  The wise man comes to God without saying a word & stands in awe of Him.

*The point of your life is to point to Him.

*Stories of peole who died after living Godly lives are stories with happy endings.

*Harsh words & the loving truth often go hand in hand.

*Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of succeeding at the things in life that dont really matter.-Tim Kizziar

*Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

*How would my life change if I actually thought of each person I came into contact with as Christ - the person driving painfully slow in front of me, the checker at the grocery story who seems more interested in chatting than ringing up items, the member of my own family with whom I cant seem to have a conversation and not get annoyed?