The discipline of grace

I have had a very fruitful morning. 

I am rereading The Discipline of Grace in preparation for a talk which as it happens is on 'fruitfulness'. The book is basically Romans and is a wonderful articulation of the gospel.

Here are a few quotes:

'Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace'

'As long as we compare ourselves with society around us and with other believers who are not as committed as we are, we also are apt to become confident in our own righteousness'

'A large part of our problem as evangelical believers is that we have defined sin in its more obvious forms-forms of which we are not guilty.....we see ourselves looking good by comparison'

Off now to do a school assembly about Pentecost-going to tell 100 kids about the prophet Joel. 

I'm very very excited.