The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God.

Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty.

It shouldn’t surprise us…to find that prayer is not finally about getting things from God, but getting God.

This is the heart of prayer—not getting things from God, but getting God.

…Prayer to God is not only the place for divulging our heart, but also developing our desires.

It is grace to be forgiven of sinful acts, and grace to be supplied the heart for righteous ones.

The grace of God cannot be quarantined to individuals.

The Bible is gloriously for us, but it is not mainly about us.

In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather than listen to someone else.

One of the effects of the gospel going deeper into our souls is that it frees our fingers to loosen their grasp on our goods.

The hands of the clock are ever in the hands of God. It is arrogant to plan without planning for God.

Confident Assured Posture: Foundation of Powerful Style

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

Everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite.

There are some things in science which should be brought to light. There are others, doctor, which should be left alone.

There's a certain romanticism associated with exploration of space, which is one of the major factors why we'll continue.

As a kid I was creative.

In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long" novel.

So it was constantly going back and forth between these two cultures that kept raising the question, well, how important is personal freedom? And I think that has always been of interest to me.

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.