While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.

We aren't just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose

Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.

For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail.

Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life's trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.

Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means, "to be divided" or "distracted." It conveys the idea of being so mentally ill at ease that you cannot do what you need to do because you are so distracted in your thinking.

People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets