Mercy is compassion that moves past sympathy and empathy to help someone get what they need — whether they deserve it or not. What if in all of our relationships — especially business relationships — we all sought to help people get what they need instead of insisting we get what we deserve?

The mercy of God is one of the most precious realities in the world, one of the most revealing themes in all the Bible, and one of the most tragically misunderstood truths about God. If you want to know who God really is, if you want to peek into his heart, it is not the display of his just wrath and cosmic power to which you should look. Rather, set your eye on his mercy, without minimizing the fullness of his might, and take in the life-changing panorama.

Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: This sermon looks at the account of Matthew the tax collector coming to faith in Jesus Christ. To be called to faith in Jesus means to be called away from something toward something else— there’s a negative and a positive element. To come to Christ means that old foundations have to be broken up, and that includes your approach to religion. How do we know we’ve moved away from “religion” and toward true Christianity? 1) We must understand that religion is a way of dividing the world into “good” people and “bad” people. 2) We must see that Jesus gives us the true standard. 3) We must observe the way we deal with moral failure.

Richard E. Simmons III is the author of The Power of a Humble Life. Watch as he explains the destructiveness of pride, how humility wins, and the secret to becoming humble.

Being humble is not something that comes naturally to us as human beings. I have found that most people do not really know what humility looks like. There is power in the humble life.

Everyone wants to be right. Everyone wants to be validated. Watch as Howard explains how we are made right and how we receive validation — how we are made righteous! Learn very practical ways of how hungering and thirsting for righteousness is the great advantage for all of life and work.

God invites us to so much more than just regular every day work and hitting the next quarterly goal, the next strategic objective, or client project. Jesus calls us to know Him, and to take on His character, and then do this very same glorious work that He came to earth to do. We all have this opportunity to do truly satisfying work, every single day.

What does it mean to glorify God? What does it mean to be an Enjoyer of God? Does it mean we should put controls on ourselves and our personal enjoyment of life? According to C.S. Lewis, our ultimate destiny is to partake in God’s glory because we’re created by God and for God.

What kind of man are you? What kind of man am I? Jesus' well-known "Beatitudes" from His Sermon on the Mount contains some of His most vital promises to us. These verses are Jesus' formula for how to have a successful life and a successful eternity: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." - Matthew 5:6