It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you look, how many toys you own, how many trophies you collect, or how much territory you conquer and control.

The longer I live the more I believe that the greatest enemy of a victorious Christian life is passivity.

More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.

Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of every race and color who have been hurt by life in every manner imaginable. Even the scars of past abuse and injury can be the means of bringing healing to another. What wonderful opportunities to make disciples!

Christlikeness is a journey, not a destination. The joy is in the journey.

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.