Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?

A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church.

Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father.

God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to the mountains, 'You go there,' and He says to the seas, 'You stop here, and they do it. Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator...until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.

The body of Christ is a multicultural citizenry of an otherworldly kingdom.

The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory.