1. But the biggest problem with the Pharisee’s prayer is that he judges himself compared to other people, rather than to God. Our natural tendency is to do just this.
  2. The grace of God does not save us at the beginning only in order to keep ourselves in his good graces by our good enough readiness.
  3. God invites you to confess the skeletons in your closet so that he might bury them in the grave for good.
  4. God daily broadsides us with his abundant power and glory as we observe nature around us. And yet, as glorious as this book of nature is, it is not enough.
  5. Though envy whispers to us that peace can only be found by “keeping up,” Jesus whispers to us a better word: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”

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