Worship isn't an event to attend & watch. It's a lifestyle to be lived.

While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.

Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.

The miracle of Christmas is not on 34th street; it's in Bethlehem.

We do not serve a distant and detached God who spouts encouraging cliches safely from the sideline. Instead, he enters into our suffering. Jesus did it in the Incarnation and his Spirit does it in us now. God will never leave us alone in our suffering.

As long as you pretend to be self-sufficient, you short-circuit God's power in your life. You need to admit your inadequacy and say, "God, I can't handle this!"

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.