The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

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.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

The Secret to Focusing on your Dream is to touch it every single day of your life.

I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories.

We are what ballads are written of, what bards sing of. We are epic, you and I.

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.

I really have to force myself to tidy up around the house.

We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.