Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.

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We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

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The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.

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Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

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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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God didn't say, 'Be still and feel that I am God,' He said, 'Be still and know.

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People say all the time 'I don't have a good testimony' because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from 'bad' to 'good'. But Jesus didn't come to save people this way. Sin doesn't make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to life. And that's an amazing testimony.

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You never shrink in stature by lifting someone else up.

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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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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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