Jesus was not just godly, godlike, God hungry, God focused, or God worshipping. He was God. Not merely a servant of God, instrument of God, or friend of God, but Jesus was God.

Let's try to present the same gospel but in a fresh fashion, always looking for a better way to connect with the audience.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. Do you want to be happy tomorrow? Then sow seeds of happiness today -count blessings, memorize Bible verses, pray, sing hymns, spend time with encouraging people. Do you want to guarantee tomorrow's misery? Then wallow in a mental mud pit of self-pity or guilt or anxiety today assume the worst, beat yourself up, rehearse your regrets, complain to complainers.

Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.

I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.

We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren't praying. When we pray, we aren't worrying.