God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

God sovereignly controls every detail of your life, which should be a great comfort to you.

I have been asked on hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He is a God of love and mercy and compassion in the midst of suffering.

It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'

The Lord . . . put his hand on me and gave me a gift. God has called me to preach and be about the business of winning the lost.