Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think.

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.

Isn't it funny that they say most girls have daddy issues, when really, every dude does?

But you will trust me again, Annabelle. You will want me again, and we will be together. I will behave. You'll see. - Zacharel

Remember, whenever you have two things, two alternatives, choose the new one, choose the harder, choose the one in which more awareness will be needed.

All things are made beautiful at a timely hour.

We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.

Any country that is now humbled and humiliated by darkness will be raised up by God

Whilst I'm here, I'll always do the best I can.

Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style combined with educational aims.

You don't have to go where you don't want to be to get where you want to be. You can go from where you are to where you want to be.

There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present.