Our moods may shift, but God's doesn't. Our minds may change, but God's doesn't. Our devotion may falter, but God's never does. Even if we are faithless, He is faithful, for He cannot betray himself. He is a sure God.

When you teach on a familiar text, you're capitalizing on common knowledge. When you teach on an unfamiliar text, you're having to build a bridge of understanding, and we need to do that as well.

No person [should] walk out into the world to begin the day until he or she has stood beneath the cross to receive God’s love.

No person is too hardened.

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.

Be kind to yourself. God thinks you're worth his kindness. And he's a good judge of character.

That's what I'm hoping we can all do, is come together in a spirit of prayer.