Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

The Bible is to your soul what bread is to your body. You need it daily. One good meal does not suffice for a lifetime.

A Christian is someone who has turned to God from idols.

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

We never know when we too will be called into eternity. I doubt if even one of those people who got on those planes or walked into the World Trade Center or the Pentagon last Tuesday morning thought it would be the last day of their lives. They didn't - it didn't occur to them. And that's why each of us needs to face our own spiritual need and commit ourselves to God and his will now.

God measures people by the small dimensions of humility and not by the bigness of their achievements or the size of their capabilities.