Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.

Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

If you don't change your schedule, you'll be the same person you've always been.

You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.

The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.

There is no better time than now to rededicate yourself to the principles taught by Jesus, and to teach your children about Him too!

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

Rather we let down the world than the world let us down!

There are no crown princes at Ford.

I have literally just been in this place of zero fear. I just believe, as totally hippy bullsh*t as that sounds, anything's possible if you're willing to grab it and make it your own.

I don't believe in depriving yourself of things you want.

Fear is the mother of all gods ... Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

Strangest thing is, you learn the value of experience only with experience

Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal