“The Father doesn’t give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.”

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.

Faithfully carry what God has put in your hands right now. This is God’s will.

If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.

Can we take a direct flight back to reality or do we have to change planes in Denver?

Now is the time to stop drifting and wake up – to assess yourself, the people around you, and the direction in which you are headed in as cold and brutal a light as possible. Without fear.

If you don’t decide where you’re going, life will decide for you.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.

Your goal in life must be to always move higher and higher up the food chain, where you alone control the direction of your enterprise and depend on no one.

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Don’t let others dictate who you are. Decide for yourself.