◆ “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

◆ “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” — Simone Weil ◆ The Most Powerful Thing You Can Give Someone Is Your Attention Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. —Simone Weil I don’t know about you, but I’ve learned—often through failure— that one of the most powerful things I can give someone isn’t advice, solutions,