The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."
The church must always show compassion, always.
The antidote to the lust of the flesh is integrity.
If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.
If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.