Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

The only way to move from your reality to God’s reality is through people who love you.

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.

Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient. Let it be his best cure to see with his eyes him who maketh himself whole.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity

She not only kept her lovely figure, she's added so much to it.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.

We did a good job and I'm just glad I have it for a second time.

First, you must know what the thing is, and then after learn the use of the same.