If You Want To Walk On Water,

People Who Are Servants-humbly, Honestly, And Joyfully-keep Getting Revealed As The Biggest Winners. People Who Recognize And Embrace Their Smallness Keep Getting Bigger And Bigger In God's Eyes. It's The Oddest Scoring System.

I Need To Worship Because Without It I Can Forget That I Have A Big God Beside Me And Live In Fear. I Need To Worship Because Without It I Can Forget His Calling And Begin To Live In A Spirit Of Self-preoccupation. I Need To Worship Because Without It I Lose A Sense Of Wonder And Gratitude And Plod Through Life With Blinders On. I Need Worship Because My Natural Tendency Is Toward Self-reliance And Stubborn Independence.

Will You Keep Going When You Don't Know Why? When You Can't Get Any Answers That Would Make The Pain Go Away, Will You Still Say, 'my Lord,' Even Though His Ways Are Not Clear To You? Will You Keep Going-with All The Grace And Grit And Faith You Can Muster-and Live In Hope That One Day God Will Set Everything Right. Will You Trust That God Is Good? ... Ultimately, The Choice Everyone Faces Is The Choice Between Hope And Despair. Jesus Says, 'choose Hope.'

The Good News As Jesus Preached It Is Not Just About The Minimal Entrance Requirements For Getting Into Heaven When You Die. It Is About The Glorious Redemption Of Human Life-your Life.

The Test Of Love Is That It Gives Even When There Is No Expectation Of A Return.