If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king.

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.

Real faith comes when you facing a problem you can't help, you can't change, and you can't work it out

An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing.

I am just enjoying my youth but I want to settle down eventually.

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.

I'm most excited about going swimming and riding water slides, shooting off fireworks, and playing basketball, and things like that. That's what I really love doing. Summer is a great time.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.

Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.

Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.