Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.

Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together.

I don't go out and preach because of my desire as much as I go out to fulfill the command of Christ. He said, "Go!" to all of His disciples, and we're to go and witness to Christ by the way we live and by our verbal witness about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and about the need to repent and believe. I've never had any doubts about my call.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.

We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.

No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.