God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

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 sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in the hands of people of low status, a class it holds in contempt.

We all change, and we all feel rudderless at times. there is nothing wrong in allowing yourself to drift.~Zeke

We can't stop trying til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knight.

It is the winners who write history - their way.

Our parents don't know us... They can't know us. We hide ourselves from them. Once they knew everything about us and in order to escape them we keep out secrets, our private selves.

There is a difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Senator Obama believes that the government ought to be able to take as much as it thinks it needs from anybody.

I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done.

This is classic when you begin thinking about what is a great founder is, you navigate what is apparent paradoxes.

Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.