As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.

But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

Advent allows us to recover during this four-week journey. It begins four Sundays before Christmas all the way up to Christmas. It lets us breath in those moments of faithfulness and helps us recognize that God is working.

No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are.

Gratitude grows from a seed called grace. If you're not grateful you might still be trying to earn what God freely gives.

Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

There's no doubt we were unworthy, but we were never worthless. Big difference.