The Church Is In The Hope Business.

You Have A "turn" Every Time You Have An Opportunity To Choose. But Most Of Us Only See A Tiny Fraction Of The Choices We Have.

The Decision To Grow Always Involves A Choice Between Risk And Comfort. This Means That To Be A Follower Of Jesus, You Must Renounce Comfort As The Ultimate Value Of Your Life.

Greatness Is Never Achieved Through Indecision.

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 Goal Is Not For Us To Get Through The Scriptures. The Goal Is To Get The Scriptures Through Us.