◆ “For the things we have to learn before we can do them,we learn by doing them.” — Aristotle ◆ Practice, Not Perfection: How God Forms Us Through the Process There’s a good chance you have a complicated relationship with the word “practice.” Maybe practice is good and fine in the sports world, but in real life, we feel this

◆ “A man may be occupied in the things of God andyet not be occupied with God Himself. ” — A.W. Tozer ◆ Consider Your Ways: The Difference Between Being Busy and Being Fruitful One of the strangest feelings in life is being busy yet feeling unproductive. We work hard, carry responsibility, build, produce, serve. Yet beneath all the movement,

◆ “Christ on the cross is of no value to usapart from the Holy Spirit.” — Charles Spurgeon ◆ Pentecost and the Promise of the Spirit There are moments in the Gospels when Jesus seems almost unable to contain Himself. John 7 is one of them. It was the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles—one of Israel’s most celebrated

◆ Faith is the ceasing from our own worksand the resting in God’s work. — Andrew Murray ◆ The Work God Actually Asks of You There’s something in us that wants to perform our way into clarity with God. Even when it comes to faith, we can easily turn results, or the lack thereof, into a reflection of our own

◆ God doesn’t sanitize sin.He sanctifies broken people. ◆ The Weight of Sin You Don’t Know How to Carry I think we’re all tempted to soften or manage our sin. To explain or rename it so sin feels more manageable. Not because we don’t care, per se—but because we don’t know what to do with the weight of it. When

◆ Godly ambition will never outpace our willingness to abide. ◆ There’s an Order to Fruitfulness There’s a kind of ambition that feels right . . . even godly. A desire to grow, to build, to make an impact, to bear fruit with your life. But if we’re honest, ambition has a way of going sideways. Jesus says in John