Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

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It’s easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail you’ll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever, is on that throne is what’s of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship.

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God has plans and purposes for each of our lives. But the beauty is that He doesn't call us and leave us on our own. Jesus actually lives in us to pull off the amazing things that He has invited us into.

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It is not God's will that you limp along in life believing that you are inadequate.

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You don't have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step

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If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.

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Don't dwell on your insufficiency, but dwell on God's all-sufficiency.

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Worship is our response to what we value most. As a result, worship fuels our actions, becoming the driving force of all we do.

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Nothing steals God's glory more than worrying believers who are driven through life by fear

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But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

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