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

Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.

In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.

Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.

The first purpose of your life is to be loved by God! Yes, it is important to serve him, obey, and trust him, but your first purpose is to love him.