It works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to force me to be very thrifty in my language, tighten up my words and not ramble so much. It puts some fiber in the sermon.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His

Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens

Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.

Anger is the noise of the soul; the unseen irritant of the heart; the relentless invader of silence.

I try to help people see they're going to have these times in which they turn away, in which they deny Christ and their faith grows cold, their convictions weakened; but Jesus is waiting.