Praise focuses our minds on the greatness of God, so we sense afresh how wise, powerful, and loving he is – more than a match for any trial.

In his divine timing and by his patient grace, God cultivates the earthly fields in which our hearts mature to secure our souls for his heavenly storehouse.

Greater glory to the Lord demands greater allegiance from his people. Crossing substantial barriers with the gospel is costly, risky, and requires careful coordination.

Our God will do (or allow) whatever shaking is needed in our lives on earth for us clasp the hand that will hold us securely for his eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken.

For Zipf, this collaborative hymn-writing has contributed to his personal reorientation toward worship more broadly.

God’s purposes are never derailed. The proof is the cross.

Our sufferings produce the endurance we need, the character our situations require, the confident hope that our trials will end, and the spiritual dependence that keeps our love strong enough to see it all through for Christ’s sake.

Daniel’s story is not so much about how we muster human courage, as about how God’s persevering grace fuels it.

When God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, he proved for all time and circumstances his love for us.

By offering himself as a sacrifice for a sinful world, Jesus bore witness to his all-surpassing love and grace.