When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.

My core message is that God has got a good plan for your lives, and we must trust Him, and let go of the past. That's my main message.

There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Don't focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.

If you start praising your wife, if you start telling her how beautiful she is, and how glad you are to have her in your life, when you talk about the good, you will draw out the good. If you talk about the negative, you'll draw out the negative. It's up to you.

I write all my sermons.