In accord with his original intent, the heavenly Father has in fact prepared an individualized kingdom for every person, from the outset of creation.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

Don't rush your legs to feed your greed. They will rush to judge you as the greedy one.

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate.

In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not "know your audience", it's "respect your audience, and really know your content".

Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world doesn't stop and suffer with me.

I'm a footballer, I don't think past next Saturday.

Endings are beginnings-if we allow them to be.

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

My routine is all about preparation.