How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

We have come to worship things, status, fame, popularity, money, security. Anything that comes between God and ourselves is idolatry. Jesus demands Lordship over all such things.

Connecting products to the Web will be the 21st century electrification.

You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact-the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!

I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.

The pain of recovery is sometimes worse than the pain of the injury. Allow Jesus Christ to heal your soul.

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

It is at the bottom where we find grace; for like water, grace seeks the lowest place and there it pools up.