Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.

Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.

Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.

God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.

The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

Education is the beautification of the inner world, which in turn help beautifies the outer world we lived in.

Negativity is a natural part of your perfect self.

Even if you enter the dirty water, stay neat like a white swan!

What you need is a good Hoovering.

Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.

But success and failure are of no account. They are God's concern, not mine.

It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good

[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are often very, very slow.

One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.

I have known no experience more distressing than the discovery that Negroes didn't love me. Unutterable loneliness claimed me. I felt without roots, like a man without a country.