We're going to serve in eternity. We're not going to sit around on clouds; you know this whole idea of heaven is wearing white robes with angels and play a harp. To me, that would be hell. I can't think of anything more boring.

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!

the moment you stop learning, you stop leading.

Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.

People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.

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

If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.