Never Be Content With Your Current Grasp of the Gospel

I just finished reading a book called The Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney. It's worth reading! :)

Here are a few things that stuck out to me from this book:

"We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to understand as we seek to build our lives around the gospel. Do you want a cross-centered life? A cross-centered life is made up of cross-centered days!" (I loved that quote!!!!)

In the book, he also shared five ways to draw near to the cross each day.

1. Memorize the Gospel
2. Pray the Gospel--Begin by thanking God for the blessing of eternal life, purchased through the death of His Son...We come by the cross, we stand confidently because of the cross, we have the right to ask boldly because of the cross. The gospel should be woven in throughout our praise, our petition, and our intercession.
3. Sing the Gospel
4. Review How the Gospel has Changed You--We can all say, "I was once a ________," and fill in our own descriptions of our sinful state. And we don't need a dramatic testimony to do so. Even if your story doesn't involve drugs or immorality, it is still a miracle of God's grace.
5. Study the Gospel--Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. The gospel is life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth...Its depths man will never exhaust. 

He closes the book with this (which I love):
May the reality of Christ's death for you be near your heart. Never move on from it. Jesus died for your sins. May your every day be lived by His grace alone. May you know the joy and peace of the cross-centered life.