Gospel Prayer

I just finished the book Gospel by JD Greear, the pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh, NC. The whole book is written around this prayer as a way to bring the Gospel to the center of our lives and hearts. It was a great book, and I would recommend it to anyone.

"In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more,

and nothing I have done that makes You love me less."

"Your presence and approval are all I need for everlasting joy."

"As you have been to me, so I will be to others."

"As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross

and Your power by the resurrection."

The Gospel is not about the things we can do for Christ. It is about responding to what God has done for us. I pray that I will keep the Gospel at the center of everything I am.

Greater

I just finished the book Greater by Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church. It was a great book. I didn't choose the book based off of the topic, but by the author. However, once I got reading into the book, I saw the topic was quite intriguing and made me realize some things about my current faith walk that I didn't realize. If you are feeling like your life or faith is stagnate, or like you are missing something greater in your life, I would recommend this book. Here are some of the powerful quotes that I liked from it:

"I find over and over again that my greatest enemy of the greatest life God has for me is...me."

"You can't step into your new life until you first set fire to whatever is tethering you to your old life. Before you can go forward into the life God has for you, you have to offer Him every part of the life you have."

"The cost of following Jesus is great. The cost of not following him is even greater."

"Your greatest limitation is God's greatest opportunity."

"If you've walked with God any length of time, you know that sometimes He asks us to do the one thing we absolutely don't want to do."

"The key to walking in freedom is often connected to obedience in the areas of our lives where we're locked into patterns of resisting God's Spirit."

"The starting line of humility is obedience."

"DREAM BIGGER. START SMALLER. IGNITE GOD'S VISION FOR YOUR LIFE. STRIKE."