In 10,000 years you will not regret anything you didn’t have or do in this life.

As you consider selecting songs for your worship services, consider them in light of the truth of the gospel. Imagine the songs as teachers--because they are! If your people could understand your doctrine only through the music you sing, what would they know about God and His pursuit of us? If your people could understand your church's beliefs only through the music, what would they know?

If all you got is "I don't want to be that" then sell insurance.

No matter what our job is, we view it not as our purpose in life but rather as where God has sovereignly placed us for the purpose of making Christ known and his name great. If you are a teacher, if you are a politician, if you are a businessman, if you are in agriculture, if you are in construction, if you are in technology, if you are in the arts, then you should not be saying, ‘I need to find my life’s purpose in this work,’ but rather, ‘I need to bring God’s purpose to this work.’

I learned very early that people need to have a good grasp of God's goodness and God's sovereignty.

The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God.

The great mercy of God was that while I was purposefully preparing God's people, He was purposefully preparing me.