You measure a church's strength, not by its seating capacity but by its sending capacity.

Leaders don't do what they WANT to do;they do whatever is necessary.

To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.

Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.

Let me tell you how worthwhile you are. You are infinitely valuable to God. First, God created you. Second, Jesus died for you. Third, he puts his Spirit within you. Fourth, he wants you to be with him forever in eternity. That's how valuable you are to God. You are infinitely valuable to God.

Everybody's got a worldview. Everybody's betting their life on something. ... You just better know why you're betting what you're betting on.

If God was small enough for you to completely understand him, he wouldn't be big enough for you to completely trust him.