“Jesus doesn’t just hear this man’s words, He reads this man’s heart.”

“To fear God, says the Bible, is something else – it is the beginning of wisdom. It is a fear defined not by anxiety, but by awe and reverence.”

“Repentance is what keeps us off of autopilot and on our toes before God. Repentance is what enables us to make course corrections before we become critically lost to Christ and to His Kingdom. Repentance – the sign of Jonah – examining our lives daily for sin, and confessing our sin to God – is what keeps us clean and clear and close to God, moving in the right direction always.”

“The phrase “the finger of God” is a powerful reassurance for us – that if you and I are in the hands of God, then we have nothing to fear. Because in the end, God wins. And, in the end, our all-powerful and loving God shall move His finger and make all things new.”