“Gratitude grows from a seed called grace. If you’re not grateful you might still be trying to earn what God freely gives.”

Worship is our response, both personal and corporate, to God for who He is, and what He has done; expressed in and by the things we say and the way we live.

God’s words trump all opinions, including mine, and in the end, I believe God’s words lead to life.

As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it – but they already are! They want to see us get real.

While we were at rest, Christ was in rescue mode. While we were doing nothing, He was doing EVERYTHING. He was down in the depths of the earth fighting for our freedom.

To us, waiting is wasting. To God waiting is working.

God is faithful. God is faithful. 400 years might go by, but never count God out.

It’s time to blow out the candles on the pity party cake.

We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.

The Word of God isn’t for one particular season. It’s for every season. But in its specific application, it’s best read from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Life only works when Jesus is everything and we are fully submitted to Him.

God is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story.

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

The wonderful living Word of God is more precious than anything else that we have.

You never shrink in stature by lifting someone else up.

The word advent means “expectation.” What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope.

God has plans and purposes for each of our lives. But the beauty is that He doesn’t call us and leave us on our own. Jesus actually lives in us to pull off the amazing things that He has invited us into.

I give a portion of my time to helping others. It is good for my own health.

You give because you love and cannot help giving.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You receive from the world what you give to the world.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

Whatever I have given, I have gained.

Low self esteem is rooted in many things. One of them is not spending time to appreciate the gifts we’ve been given.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.