1. Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
  2. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  3. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  4. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  5. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  6. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  7. Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
  8. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  9. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  10. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  11. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  12. While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.