Knowing your purpose focuses your life.
Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
You must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forces like peers, parents, coworkers, and culture will try to mold you into their image.
The way you SEE your life SHAPES your life.How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influence how you invest your time, spend your money, use your talents, and value your rel...
Put Jesus Christ in the driver’s seat of your life and take your hands off the steering wheel.
Most important, you must learn to love lost people the way God does.
Love should be your top priority, primary objective, and greatest ambition. Love is not a good part of your life; it’s the most important part. The Bible says, Let love be your greatest aim.
Life minus love equals zero.
It is a fatal mistake to assume that God’s goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it. The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance, and faith...
If you’re losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you’re stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure-guilt, you will not get better on your own! Y...
All sin, at its root, is failing to give God glory. It is loving anything else more than God.
Anyone in recovery will tell you, setbacks are part of the process in long-term change. Rather than beat myself up, I simply asked God and my friends to help me get back on track.
Worship helps people focus on God; fellowship helps them face life’s problems; discipleship helps fortify their faith; ministry helps them find their talents; and evangelism helps them fulfill their m...
Without God life makes no sense.
The sooner we give up the illusion that a church must be perfect in order to love it, the sooner we quit pretending and start admitting we’re all imperfect and need grace. This is the beginning of rea...
Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.
Many people are reluctant to show mercy because they don't understand the difference between trust and forgiveness.Forgiveness is letting go of the past. Trust has to do with future behavior.
It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.
If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.