I know this will come as a shock: you’re going to die. When you do, there are going to be people at your house eating those munchie little sandwiches. They are going to talk about you. When they talk about me, I want them to say, by the grace of God, “You know what? He was one of the most loving people I ever met. Oh man, I mean, he had his idiosyncrasies,” and they laugh about those, “but he was full of integrity. Christlike. Cared about people. Generous. Loving. Authentic.” Don’t you want people to say the same thing about you?

That’s not going to happen by trying hard to be a good person. This will happen when you understand who you are in Christ; when you understand the power is in Christ’s resurrection, for you and with you, to walk in newness of life; when you allow leaders to equip you; and when you minister. Ministries are birthed along your gifts and passions when you know the Word, you speak the truth in love, you are connected, and God produces it.