The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

Yesterday you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

God has the final word on your life and His word is grace.

What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God's plan to save His children. It asserts that man is lost and needs to be saved. And it communicates the message that Jesus is the God in the flesh sent to save His children.

I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in January. To do that, I'm going to come up with four or five really good ideas - at least that I think are really good ideas - and if I don't sense God really highlighting one of those, I will go to the elders of our church and my co-pastors.