colossians 1:6 (niv)

all over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth



@pastortullian: "the deepest slavery is self-dependence. when you live believing that everything depends primarily on you, you're enslaved to your strengths and weaknesses... God comes after us not to angrily strip away our freedom but to affectionately strip away our slavery so we might become truly free."