God has plans and purposes for each of our lives. But the beauty is that He doesn't call us and leave us on our own. Jesus actually lives in us to pull off the amazing things that He has invited us into.

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.

Brokenness is the bow from which God launches the arrow of healing.

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

Mere nails, though pounded deep, were not enough to keep Jesus on the cross. But love was... and love prevailed.

The wonderful living Word of God is more precious than anything else that we have.

God didn't say, 'Be still and feel that I am God,' He said, 'Be still and know'.