It’s Not About Me!
He went to the cross and called you to take up your cross and follow him for the sake of others.
He went to the cross and called you to take up your cross and follow him for the sake of others.
What is a reality in my body is often a reality in my soul.
Marriage is about moving forward rather than getting stuck in the present or fixating on the past.
I cringe when a well-meaning Christian says or does something so peculiar that it builds a barrier rather than a bridge to the lost.
People need to know that no leader is on a pedestal of perfection.
I quit trying to please everyone a long time ago because it’s a foolish endeavor.
You can’t become more robust by coasting through life.
God never wants anything less than the best a person is capable of accomplishing.
We must let our light shine again in the darkness that threatens to forever devour the devastated.
Do you know what refreshes, refuels, and restores you?
God never wags His finger at us or screams in anger when we fall short and aren’t perfect.
We are all about life transformation, and transforming encounters happen as we care for and pray for one another.
I’ve wasted too much emotional energy and worried far too much about things that are far less important than eternal life.
Perfection isn’t the standard because perfection simply isn’t possible.
Think about it. Today is all you have for certain. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.
The disciples’ lives were forever changed, but the culture they lived in was still broken and dark.
You can’t find God’s path and purpose for your life when you’re trying to walk on someone else’s road.
Good days. Bad days. Good performance. Not-so-good. God picked you.
No desolate place I end up in by my choice or by others’ poor decisions is the end of the story.
Most of us want to be liked and treated with a measure of honor and respect.
Love should be our first reaction. We should show love again and again and again. Love should permeate our existence as Christ-followers . . . always.
There is wisdom sometimes in wrestling with things we’d rather ignore.
Here it is in all its God-be-praised certainty: God wants to partner with you.
Leadership—on the best of days—is an experiment in endeavoring.