Everyone loves winners. You look for things to praise with those you believe in.
You have to believe in them now. Christ believed in you when there was nothing to believe in.
Don't try to transport something you don't possess...I want this truth to be incarnational.
You can minimize your sin. Rationalize your sin. Justify your sin.
I don't know of a way to have a generous church without a generous pastor.
Any sin you cover, God uncovers. Any sin you uncover, God covers.