Obedience is the pathway to blessing. It’s the means of protection. It’s the means of joy. It’s the means to finding God’s best in our lives.

Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.

Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.

God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.

The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word

Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.

There was warmth in his large piercing brown eyes. The kind of warmth that tucks a child into bed. The same kind of warmth that dries your wet hair on a rainy December afternoon.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappi-ness if allowed to grow.

Each day try and go through the day with an attitude of being a servant to the world. You'll benefit the most - and the way will be joyous.

At a certain depth all bosoms communicate, all hearts are one.

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.

The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival.

We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.

Photography [can] be seen as a system of representation that you bring to bear on other systems.

Men always have their reasons. But the fact is that they always wind up leaving.

I have such a respect and fascination for dance. I can be light as air or stay grounded. Dance is really another universe.