Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

Only you can be you. God designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on earth will ever be able to play the role God planned for you. If you don’t make your unique contribution to the Body of Christ, it won’t be made.

You are not an accident. Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. ... Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thought of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you!

You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.

If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?

Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.