One of the characteristics of some drugs (such as cocaine) is that they make a person feel strong and alert—when in fact the opposite is the case. Don’t allow yourself to be deceived.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Finding your bliss in true equality and great quality can only benefit others

There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story.

I see religion as a storehouse of lots of really good ideas that a secular world should look at, raid, and learn from.

All the mighty interceding of the ages that has ever shaken the kingdom of darkness has been based upon the promises of God.

I don't have any particular thing I do ritualistically. I do the same thing every day. I get up. Drink a lot of water. Have a wheatgrass shot. Drink some green juice. Eat as healthy as I can.

Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.

The great challenge for the garden designer is not to make the garden look natural, but to make the garden so that the people in it will feel natural.

I've always written at night - my working day for years was around 9pm to 2am - though I do keep more regular hours these days.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.