Kind of the bottom line for me, I don't think people come to the church where I preach to hear my view on politics.

Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

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.

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.

How grimy did God get when He reached down to clean you up? How grimy are you willing to get in order to be an 'imitator of God'?

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.