“Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.”

People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

When grace moves in guilt moves out.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, “I can clean that if you want.” And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.

Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.

Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.

Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.

Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger. The palm that held the universe took the nail of a soldier. Why? Because that’s what love does. It puts the beloved before itself.

God’s highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His

You’re special-not because of what you have. You’re special because of who you are.

The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny – it is the light that guides your way.

You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.

I don’t regret any of the life decisions I’ve made in my life because with every choice I’ve made I’ve learned something new.

Regretting some of my life choices now. How was I to know that hell would be full of Rhodesian farmers and sodomites?

You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.