You cannot fulfil God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.
Maturity is produced through relationships and community.
Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.
Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.
Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God’s pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.
Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days – when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great – and you turn to God alone.
History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.
You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.
You are as close to God as you choose to be.
God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us.
I can’t imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.
That’s the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory.
Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.
Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.
Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. The core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, as Jesus did, instead of ourselves.