When God breathes He breathes on hard-hearted people.

Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

God had a heartbeat for 18-25 years old...the vast majority of whom don't have a clue why they are on this planet.

It's not that we should declare the praises of God. It's that we may.

We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit.