Why are all Christians happy and praising Jesus? It's because we are not DEAD! We may be imperfect, but we aren't DEAD!

It is not God's will that you limp along in life believing that you are inadequate.

Whether it's an attorney or a bond trader or a journalist, or a musician or pastor, you want to do your best. You don't want to seek acclaim. You don't want to seek awards. You want to seek to do your best at what God's given you.

Crazy is good. The alternative is normal.

The word advent means "expectation." What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope.

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.

God doesn't call people to a job description, He calls people to Himself and His mission in the world.