“The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It’s about God who wants to give to you.”

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.

The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.

My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.

Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.

I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.

The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.

The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

The god you worship is the one you’re capable of becoming.

God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

Having faith doesn’t mean I have all the answers. It means trusting God especially in the midst of uncertainty.

Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.

Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It’s as simple as that.