You can't influence people you refuse to associate with.

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.

Every time I stand to communicate, I want to take one simple truth and lodge it in the heart of the listener. I want them to know that one thing and know what to do with it.