Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life.
I think we have such a crown jewel in the forgiveness of God, and it changes people's lives.
I've never really prided myself as being quick on my feet. Maybe you've had the experience where somebody's asked you a question and you give an answer, then later in the day you think, "Oh, I wish I'd said that!" I tend to journal these things and put the answers in sermons.
It's God's job to run the world. Sometimes we accomplish more by doing less.
I am very confident in preaching.
Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.