God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

Jesus said, "My Father is the gardener...He trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit".

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God.

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.