To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won't be here long, so don't get too attached.

In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.

So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

Maturity is produced through relationships and community.

When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters, and the church becomes our spiritual family. The family of God includes all believers in the past, the present, and the future.

Much of what happens in our world is evil and bad, but God specializes in bringing good out of it.