1. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.
  2. Everything in Scripture is God revealing himself to his people, you and me.
  3. Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
  4. One word from one God says it all to our tired hearts.
  5. Caesar boasted: “I came. I saw. I conquered.” Christ can rightly say: “I came. I saved. I ascended.”
  6. God's faithfulness is constant and consistent. It knows no season. His love for us doesn't fade with the summer sun.
  7. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  8. God cares about our real life where we actually are. He is present in the everyday.
  9. What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
  10. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  11. We number our days not according to our timeframe but according to God’s work and his rhythms.
  12. God is the end of living, the destination, the point of it all.