Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

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.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Life is like a blank page, copying manuscript written Backstage.

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.

I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.

As someone has said, we either crucify or crown the Lord Jesus by our lives.

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

We may forget him, but God will never forget us. We're forever on his mind and in his plans.