True Joy is not the absence of pain but the sanctifying, sustaining presence of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the pain

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

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.

To live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain there: I am too weak for such happiness.

Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse.

Away from the bright motion of the party, she carried her sadness like a dark stone clenched in her palm.

For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.

The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isn't half so bad if it isn't you.

I haven't made a movie for a while, but I've watched a lot. It's my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

I was only following God's orders.

You have to laugh at yourself. Otherwise you'll waste all that great material.

If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger bed and hope he plays basketball.