We will always find ourselves in trouble when we get comfortable with things as they are.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

Did you bring me a rat?""He has no time for rats, George.""No time for rats? That's just sad.

Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.

The larger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest, humble, and self-effacing we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company.

Battles over water in the West are always about something more. At their most elemental, they are about survival.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

Fresh spring the herald of love's mighty king.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics.

Sometimes I didn't want to skate. My dad would push me so hard to get better.

But I don't really listen to much be-bop at all at the moment.