Christianity does not start with an invitation we offer to Jesus, but with an invitation Jesus offers to us.

We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.

We can accomplish more in one month of dependence on the Spirit than we can in 100 years of dependence on ourselves.

Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your life will ultimately serve to increase eternal glory with your God; 'Light momentary affliction.'

God involves us in his mission not because he needs us but because he loves us.

And while we stand with conviction and courage, we must live with compassion. Amid a world with massive social needs around us, ranging from desperate poverty and orphan crises and millions of girls being trafficked for sex, to the degradation of marriage and the abortion of babies, we need to speak and act with selfless love on all of these issues.

When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels.