There are few things more ungodly than fake joy when you should be mourning.

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.

There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult.

I loved her as the sun loves the flower: ever-present, nourishingly, and gently.

Do the uncomfortable. Become comfortable with these acts. Prove to yourself that your limiting beliefs die a quick death if you will simply do what you feel uncomfortable doing.

Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

I think we are in rats’ alley Where the dead men lost their bones.