Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.

Living life with a clear conscience is the fruit of a repentant heart and new life through Jesus Christ.

Church should be enjoyed, not endured.

Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.

How do you view God in a desert? There's two types of birds. There's vultures, and there's hummingbirds. One lives off dead carcasses, rotting meat. The other lives off the beautiful, sweet, nectar in a particular flower, on a particular desert plant, in the same desert. They both find what they're looking for. Do you know - take it all the way back into the Old Testament - and the Muslim and you, we actually serve the same God. Allah, to a Muslim; to us, Abba Father, God.

You'll never come second by putting God first.

Anything can happen and it probably will.