The older we get, the more independent we become. This is both good and bad. It’s good when it comes to 99.7% of the basic choices, but it’s bad when it comes to the big decisions. The larger the decision, the more outside wisdom is needed.
True celebration is an outward expression of our inner confidence that despite life’s hardships, God is good, and there is reason to have joy.
Worship is a whole-person response to who God is and what he has done, realized both individually and corporately by his grace and according to his standards.
Because Christ served us out of a genuine heart of love, we are to serve others with the same type of genuineness. We serve not to receive but to glorify God through our service and seek the other person's highest good.
When we act like confessing a common sin to someone is beyond embarrassing, we often betray an inherent belief in our own goodness.