Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

And the uniqueness of every momentseeks the path from pain to a pearl.

you can't just tell someone to trust you..you gotta show them that they can trust you....

The need for control always comes from someone that has lost it.

Man appoints and God disappoints.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.

Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.

[Peter Norman] was a man of principle and pride, had a strong moral character.

We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others’ lives.

Patience and perseverance are never more thoroughly Christian graces than when features of prayer.