How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is not by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

Hope opens the door of opportunity and shines the way to possibilities.

I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.

People are simply incapable of prolonged, sustained goodness.

Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty.

But what can a man see of a library being one day in it?

We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.

Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.

Earlier on in the season I'd have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it. (on the Champions League)

Washington honors the Platinum Rule above all: 'Do it unto others before they do it unto you'.