A mark of blessing is what you're giving, not what you're keeping.

We don't seek God's power, we seek His presence. His power & everything else we need is always found in His presence.

Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I'll tell you what you worship.

The Church is not the building, its the people, its not just the gathering, its also the scattering.

It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.

Sometimes God offends our minds in order to reveal our hearts.

Gifts and abilities, no matter how magnificent, are either limited or enhanced by character.

When God calls you to an extraordinary task, He provides extraordinary resources.

Worship is not about personality, temperament, personal limitations, church background, or comfort. It is about God.

Our heart's desire should be to worship God; we have been designed by God for this purpose. If we don't worship God, we'll worship something or someone else.

Visitation of God's presence is a byproduct of worship. However, we don't worship in order to gain His presence. He is worthy to be worshipped whether or not He chooses to show up.

I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook.

When we write, we discover answers, though the key is not in the discovery but in the timing of the implementation.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay

It's just me and I try to be myself when I'm singing.

The power to console is not within corporeal reach - though its attempt is precious.

As much as life can suck, it always beats the alternative.

What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?

But what I did know was that I loved a girl. And I knew I loved her in a way I'd never, ever recover from. I knew I loved her to the very core of myself. And I knew she loved me back.

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

I am always learning.