We have a hard time seeing any value in suffering. To the modern church, suffering for any cause is a thing to be avoided. God doesn't see it that way.

How would you worship if you were one worship away from breakthrough? How would you worship if you were one worship away from your prayers being answered?

God’s big idea for you is a life of meaning and purpose.

"The Lifter." There is an unexplainable incompatibility when the sad a countenance tries to wear the garment of joy. Cosmetics do nothing for the fettered soul.

The best thing you can do on the worst day of your life is to get in the presence of the Lord. David wept, spent time with God to ask questions, and then he spent time worshiping the Lord. But he finally went to war and God was with him. Because we may have to face it, but we don't have to fight it because God has gone on before us to fight it.

The promise of blessing and increase does not exist in isolation from the command to “Rise! Pick up! and Go!”

Elijah was sent to a place by God whose name meant to separate the precious from the worthless by applying heat.

The trials we’ve come through have positioned us for increase. It’s time to gather the pots. Close the door. Pour the oil.

"Could it be that God intends to multiply the seeds of our generosity in the same way he multiplied the fishes and loaves?"

"The quality of our life today is the direct result of the seeds we have sown in days gone by."