WESLEY ARNING

We should begin each prayer recognizing who God is. He is worthy of adoration and praise—full stop. Almost always in this life, we will praise people for what they have accomplished, the great deeds that they have done as individuals. They have earned our praise. They have shown that they are worthy of our devotion. Not so with God. He doesn’t have to do anything to deserve our praise. He is God and we are not, and that is enough. He is outside the created order. In fact, he

When we look in the mirror, we should see glimmers of God’s grace that has shaped who we are (and who we are to become) in Christ. We are