The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.

Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.

We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.