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.

As long as I can remember, the compelling force behind my calling is a desire to know Jesus more and to make Him known. I believe I was created for a relationship with Jesus, so growing in my relationship with Him and worshiping Him with all my heart and life is preeminent.

Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.

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

If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.

God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.

It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.