The final recommendation about keeping yourself amazed by grace: read the truth about grace. Of course there are lots of good books that will get the job done (like Living the Cross-Centered Life, by CJ, Stott’s The Cross of Christ, or anything by Piper), but why not get into the Bible itself? If you aren’t on a Bible reading plan already for the summer, maybe devote your summer to reading a book like Ephesians. Or Romans. Or pick one of the gospels: I’m particularly fond of the Gospel of Mark. Whatever you do, read the truth about the gospel.

Here’s a favorite that I read recently:

“Salvation is not mainly the forgiveness of sins, but mainly the fellowship of Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:9). Forgiveness gets everything out of the way so this can happen.” John Piper, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, 41.

As you are reading along, you are going to come across more nuggets like this that are worth remembering. What happens then? How about writing the truth about grace? Coming up next…

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