Prayer turns theology into experience.

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.

Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life.

Dying to meet your girlfriends that you said you might bring. If they're the ones that tell you that you do the right thing.

I used to have a house in London, but couldn't face 20 more years of St John's Wood in the rain.

God is enough! All religion is enfolded for me now in these three words.

I learn every day what it means to love myself, and I'm constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered.

I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.

I see an issue I like, and I support it.

In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."

The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted.

Farmers have more Associations, and Bureaus, and Clubs, than they have pitchforks.