Even one who has been to God a million times with the same problem need not fear exhausting the grace of God.

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

The effects of overworking

Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions.

You like? she asked Slade. He gave her a head nod and she vanished behind the curtain.That's my sister, he said, pointing at the closed curtain.I shrugged. "I'm glad you guys are so close.

Your mindset controls every result in your life... Mindset matters most if you are above the ground and breathing

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post, ' I remained an admirer.

Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.

Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.

Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.

It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.