Mature self-care should lead to greater service to others, not selfishness.

If you met a truly humble person, you wouldn't think him/her humble, but happy and incredibly interested in you.

We love our neighbor by doing a hundred little things like thinking ahead, following through, and showing up on time.

Don’t confuse valuable with indispensable. Everyone is valuable, no one is indispensable. It is a privilege to serve God. Never forget that he can use anyone he wants. Or no one.

“Only three things happen naturally in an organization: friction, confusion, and underperforming. Everything else takes leadership.” -Peter Drucker

Lord, save me from the sins of my tongue and the flaws of character that fuel them. Make my words honest (by taking away my fear), few (by taking away my self-importance), wise (by taking away my thoughtlessness), and kind (by taking away my indifference and irritability). Amen.

As you prepare to step into a new year, remember that God is already there waiting for you. God is good God is gracious God is kind God is merciful God is loving God is faithful God is loyal God is trustworthy God is for you God is with you

We have no idea what the coming year holds but this I can promise you based on the unsurpassed authority of Scripture: our God’s going to be faithful. He’s going to be good. He’s going to love us & be our light in the darkness. He’s going to keep His word. He cannot do otherwise.

Call it simplistic if you want, but the mental/verbal shift from ‘I have to’ to ‘I get to’ is transformative. Especially if the ‘I get to’ is because you know every situation is an opportunity to glorify God.

Love isn't something we fall into; it's someone we become.

We sat down with Tyson Wiens, the Co-Owner and COO of Summit, to talk about Summit's heart for the Church, as well as quality AVL systems, and how the two go hand in hand together. youtu.be/6XUgib9UF4c

It will be our love, not our opinions which will be our greatest contribution to the world.

Advice that wasn’t asked for will be interpreted as criticism.

We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.

Everything that is true doesn't need to be said. But everything we say should be true.

In honor of Westbrook's extension, my wife said if I get 1,000 retweets we can make our unborn son's middle name, "The Brodie." Help a Brodie out. #westbrook #Thunder #whynot

What we do with our love is where we are in our faith. We’re rivers, not reservoirs.

Let something steal your Joy today & you let something steal your strength. Joy will not just happen today. Joy will not just come unbidden today. Every moment Joy must be chosen. His Joy is your oxygen, your strength, your brave courage. #TheBrokenWay #BeTheGIFT

Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death? A: That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. — Heidelberg Catechism (1563)