We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.

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.

It's not the elements of our worship that are awesome. It's the object of our worship Who is awesome.

Who knows who's waiting right now for one of us to invite them into God's family?

The Word of God spoke into the dry bones. His breath filled them, put tendons (repair), and put skin on...Then you will know I am God...When Jesus comes that will happen.

You don't have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step

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.