No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to. For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into the tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

We have a place where we can take people when they come to us with questions so we're not just speaking out of our own opinion. We're really speaking to them out of an authoritative place, not because of what we discovered, but because of what God says.

See your enemies, not as God's failures, but as God's projects.

I see that a lot in my own life and in the lives of others.Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God?

God loves us too much to indulge our every whim.

I think there is a time, if I can say this; there is a time in a message where you might just tell a story to give your audience a break.