“Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust.”

“Everyone leaves a legacy, whether they want to or not. The question is, “What kind of legacy will you leave?”

“Live today the way you want to be remembered tomorrow.”

“There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.”

“How you live today has the potential to impact all eternity.”

“When we first come to faith in Christ, we often think it was simply of our own choosing. Only later do we realize we would have never taken that step of faith apart from His grace drawing us near to Him.”

“Don’t settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.”

“Even in our own lives, we often struggle with a God who is real, who created us, who cares for us, and desires to know us. Yet from the start, God has made clear that you and I are made in his image, on purpose and for a purpose.”

“The Bible's message is that you matter to God. Our response is that God should matter to us.”

“The poor are not a problem but rather an opportunity to show unconditional love.”

“It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.”