Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.

God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.

Humility is not denying your strengths, humility is being honest about your weaknesses.

I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.

Every small group has at least one 'difficult' person in it. If you don't immediately recognize who that person is -- it's probably you!

I've always said the shoes must never tell the foot how big to be.

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.