You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

We never have enough time to do everything we want. But if we’re going to live a successful life spiritually – or by any measure – we’re going to have to figure out how to get some depth and how not to get distracted and starved.

Difficult times are not wasted if we will learn from them. Will we?

When you understand where you are in God’s grace – it changes everything.

Sometimes we get stuck on the second day and forget that throughout Bible History God has done great things on the third day.

The church is the bride of Christ. Every bride and groom long for the day to be together forever.

Your church is too small. I’m not saying that there aren’t enough people who go to church with you. The church is much much bigger than most of us realize.

I want you to look hard and deep in the mirror and look at where your faith is.

Ezra was a man who changed the world – and he didn’t get that way by going to the right school or having the right personality. He did it by study, do, teach.

If you’re sitting on the sidelines – I want you to get in the game. Remember what Nehemiah told the people. You’re on the winning side. People are depending on you.