God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.
God's love supply is never empty.
God understands how you feel and has faced what you face.
Christianity teaches salvation by grace through faith, every other religion teaches salvation through works and merit.
God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.
Michael Jordan once said that the most peaceful moments of his life were on a basketball court, because that's the only place he knew exactly what to do. And to me the most peaceful moments in my ministry are in the pulpit because that's when I really know what I'm going to do.