When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

My message is that God is a good God.

Don’t talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.

I write all my sermons.

You only have so much emotional energy each day. Don't fight battles that don't matter.

One study says that 90 percent of our everyday behavior is based on our habits. . . That means how we treat people, how we spend our money, what we watch, what we listen to - 90 percent of the time, we're on autopilot. We do what we've always done.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.