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Christ always calls us to life and constantly to greater joy, but rarely does He call us to comfort.
A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."
The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.
We can't experience all that Heaven has to offer until we renounce all that the world offers in its place.
Consider God's love for you. Now double it. Now multiply that by 900 trillion. You're still not even close.
Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.
Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.
Our Sabbath practices reveal which Trinity we truly worship: Father, Son, and Spirit... or me, myself, and I.
You can usually tell by the look on someone's face if they woke up counting their problems or their blessings.
The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.
A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn't whether Jesus is in Him, but in me.
When a majority of my prayers are for others to change, I've gotten off track. Lord, change this sinner's heart.
As I get older I've come to realize that the best way to "get even" with someone is to forgive - and then forget.
The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.
Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.
Honestly, I don't think Victoria has too many Secrets left... might be time to prayerfully consider a name change.
Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it. Joyless Christians are a greater assault on the gospel than atheism.
The funny thing about the boy who gave away his loaves and fish is that he, too, ended the day with a full stomach.
Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.
God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.
The amount of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions. Jesus had twelve.
When it's hardest to pray are usually the times I need to pray the hardest. Not sure if that's irony or common sense.
There are 2 main things I've learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring.
Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.
It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.
Everything we have - every blessing, every talent - is a gift from our Father. The only thing that's all ours is our sin.
Fatherhood has taught me when it's too quiet my kids are usually sinning. God the Father knows the same. Are you praying?
Married couples, may we never forget that when attacks come the grace of the sacrament is eternally stronger than we are.
The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus offers more than God's personal email or private cell number - He offers us a heart transplant.
Instead of loving the Trinity of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), we tend to love a different trinity: Me, myself, and I.
Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you.
Speaking truth will rarely earn you friends, but it will reveal who your true friends are and who are true friends of Christ.
Much of Satan's time is spent trying to make you remember what God has already forgotten. Reconcile, rejoice, and look forward.
God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.
How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.
God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.
As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.
It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.
A broken heart is merely an empty manger. Invite the Virgin and the carpenter to pray beside you. Invite the Savior to dwell there.
Some people say, "If you trust in God's unconditional love, why do you need to pray?" A better ending is "why wouldn't you want to?"
God is holding you in His heart, right at this very moment. It's a fact that can make you feel so small yet so big at the same time.
Fatherhood: How God blesses you out of your selfishness and floods your soul with love, all while reminding you how little you know.
Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.
If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.
The man who built the manger had a purpose in mind... God had another. You'll never know how far reaching God's plan is for your work.
Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for Heaven."
Pentecost is a celebration of God... a celebration of God's power... a celebration of God's desire to empower us and to dwell within us.
Gray and overcast from my earthly perspective, but it's sunny above these storm clouds. Grace lets us see life from God's point of view.
The following is a phrase we don't hear enough but that I sincerely mean (and our culture needs to hear more often): I love being married.