We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Our emotions stem from our thoughts, redirect your thoughts to redirect your emotions.

[American's government] thinking they are the judge of the world; they're not.

You can't assume the best about people. If I get a girl home and she takes her pants off, and it looks like she's got herpes, I can't afford to assume she got stung by a pack of bees.

Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of love that lives within it.

I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'?

I should be European. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.

The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

Sin has made us stupid, so that we can only learn the hard way.

Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on!