Amy

“We just never stop talking to ourselves. We never stop preaching some kind of gospel to ourselves. It’s a gospel of aloneness, partiality, poverty, inability— of functional hopelessness— or it’s the true gospel of Jesus Christ, a gospel of hope, mercy, forgiveness, rescue, love, transformation; of never being alone, of never being without help; of One who is near, of One who cares; of a beautiful forever awash in victory. We’re always listening to what we’re preaching.”
― Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional

“God’s goodness means that everything God is and everything God does is worthy of approval, for he himself is the very standard of goodness. Those things that are good are those things that God deems good, that God deems fitting, that God deems appropriate. For something to be good is for it to meet the approval of God, and for something to meet the approval of God is for it to be good.”
― Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

“goodness is not an occasional attribute of God, not an infrequent disposition, but a constant one. It was meant to remind us that God’s goodness does not vary with our circumstances but is fully present and on display in our worst moments as well as our best, in our most lamentable experiences as well as our most joyful.”
― Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

“Here’s the reality of the great exchange:our sinful record became his, and he suffered the punishment we deserved. But that’s not all he has done. If it were, that would be a great blessing, indeed. To stand innocent—to be back where our first parents were in the garden—would certainly be wondrous. But he hasn’t left us there where Adam began. No, through the Second Adam, he has done even more for us; he has justified us. As you probably know, this concept of the great exchange is often referred to as justification. I’ve heard the word justified defined as “just as if I’d never sinned.” And while that’s true as far as it goes, it doesn’t go far enough. Not only do we have a clean slate as Adam did, we’ve got something written on that slate that is so amazing I can scarcely believe it:Jesus’ perfect record has become ours.”
― Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life