You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he faces evil and suffering, he may lose his faith. But that’s actually a good thing. I have sympathy for people who lose their faith, but any faith lost in suffering wasn’t a faith worth keeping.

Give cheerfully. If we're not cheerful, the problem is our heart, and the solution is redirecting our heart, not withholding our giving.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

There's a throne in each life big enough for only one. Christ may be on that throne, or money may be. But both cannot occupy it.

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity