The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

One of the ways we reflect God's love and bring him glory is to accept each other just as he accepts us. This means we accept others' quirks and look past their faults in order to see a person created in the image of God.

You do not grow stronger by accident - you grow stronger by intention.

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable

The antidote to the lust of the flesh is integrity.

How does God teach me love? By putting me around unlovely people. How does God teach me joy in the middle of grief? Not happiness, which is based on happenings. How does God teach me peace? Not when I am out fishing and everything is going my way and it doesn't get better than this. But in the middle of chaos. How does God teach me patience? By putting me in His waiting room.