I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own Word.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

Somebody stop the world. I'm scared and I want to get off.

Restaurants are like kids. You hope you understand their innate gifts, and then you let them realize their aspirations.

Freedom is like health, it is taken for granted while one has it. One becomes aware of it when it has gone.

Whether it's a potato or a nut, it's a foodage!

Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose.

We are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.