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God is holding you in His heart, right at this very moment. It's a fact that can make you feel so small yet so big at the same time.
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What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.
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Honestly, I don't think Victoria has too many Secrets left... might be time to prayerfully consider a name change.
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Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.
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The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.
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God made saints out of far worse people than you.
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God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.
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If you want to live as a Christian, get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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An annoyed and joyless Christian is the devil's greatest billboard.
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When it's hardest to pray are usually the times I need to pray the hardest. Not sure if that's irony or common sense.
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Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.
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God doesn't desire our worship because He is egocentric. He desires it because we are.
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Christ always calls us to life and constantly to greater joy, but rarely does He call us to comfort.
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If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, an even greater miracle happened: 12 relatively uneducated guys changed the world and were martyred to protect a lie.
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I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday.
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It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.
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You can usually tell by the look on someone's face if they woke up counting their problems or their blessings.
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We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it is that we're really serving. Are we serving God? Or the world?
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As I get older I've come to realize that the best way to "get even" with someone is to forgive - and then forget.
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Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.
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Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming.
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Speaking truth will rarely earn you friends, but it will reveal who your true friends are and who are true friends of Christ.
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The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.
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The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.