God knows what it's like to lose a son.

The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.

From the very beginning, I started preaching when I was 16 years old. So I began studying Scripture very seriously. I had done over a hundred revivals in Baptist churches before I was 20. So I am studying the Scripture as a kid and I'm noticing that Christians often wanted to excuse God from things that God doesn't need excusing from.

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

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.