Gospel Stories

“It is kind that God has given us not only Psalms of ascent but lament Psalms too, and he gives us—in the mouth of the Lord Jesus—someone else who has cried out in lament.”

"It is kind that God has given us not only Psalms of ascent but lament Psalms too, and he gives us—in the mouth of the Lord Jesus—someone else who has cried out in lament."

“One of the best things we can do is to step back, and see that everything placed in our lives are opportunities to come to know Jesus more, to grow more and more in love with him.”

"Saying yes to what God is calling me to do has given me far greater joy and freedom. In some ways it's been harder, but it's been sweeter, and so good for my heart and soul to trust him with these things."

“One of the best things we can do is to step back, and see that everything placed in our lives are opportunities to come to know Jesus more, to grow more and more in love with him."

“One of the best things we can do is to step back, and see that everything placed in our lives are opportunities to come to know Jesus more, to grow more and more in love with him.”

“Christ is the ultimate peacemaker. He breaks down the walls of hostility. I can only be a peacemaker insofar as I'm reflecting his peacemaking.”

"Christ is the ultimate peacemaker. He breaks down the walls of hostility. I can only be a peacemaker insofar as I'm reflecting his peacemaking."

“God was really using the material bankruptcy to expose my spiritual bankruptcy. That's when I started learning to be desperate for God.”

“God was really using the material bankruptcy to expose my spiritual bankruptcy. That’s when I started learning to be desperate for God.”

“It might be the case that you have real struggles. But that's not our identity. That doesn't define you. You have to ask: ‘Is that how God wants me to live?’”

“It might the case that you have real struggles. But that's not our identity. That doesn't define you. You have to ask: Is that how God wants me to live?”

“I don’t need to fully understand what God is doing. I can lean on his word and trust his goodness in the things I don’t understand.”

“In the moment, it feels painful. But looking back, it was the most gracious thing he’d ever done to burn my house down….”

“I would never, ever, in a million years want anybody to go through what I’ve gone through but I wouldn’t trade what I know about God for anything in the world.”

“I started cultivating a deeper relationship with Jesus instead of fixating on what I didn’t have.”

“What God wants from me is faithfulness. The results are on him. That’s freedom.”

“Is Jesus truly our greatest treasure? Or are we still searching?”

“We can be honest with God knowing that he really does love us.”