It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

Just knowing that you are there and you would be thinking about me while I am thinking about you makes my heart feel serene and contented.

There were problems with having a reputation like his. Folks either wanted your hide or wanted you to save theirs. There was never any happy, indifferent middle ground.

The best way to overcome depression is to work it to death. Whether it be your body or your mind, just be active and some relief you’ll find.

Tell me what you like, tell me how you feel, tell me which stuff are your favourite, what you enjoy doing and so far I can give you one well written book based on this stuff!?

Cabel gives her a quizzical look. "I am totally not getting enough attention here.

Human beings actually have quite a bit of willpower. They don't know too much about it, but they have quite a bit.

For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.

One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.