Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to who you belong.

I do believe in hell. Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven - I trust him as the authority, not you, me or anybody else. If hell is not real, then Jesus was a liar and God has a lot of explaining to do on His justice and things like that.

If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist.

Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.

You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach.... The music you use 'positions' your church in your community. It defines who you are.... It will determine the kind of people you attract, the kind of people you keep, and the kind of people you lose.

What matters in life is not so much what happens to us, but what happens in us

The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.