You can have control. You can have growth. But, you can't have both.
God's Word instructs us, teaches us, guides us, encourages us, convicts us, and helps conform us to the image of Christ.
I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.
Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.
All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.
As we're growing closer to God, I ask people to decide when God wants them to stay planted exactly where they are.