When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

In fact, lying to ourselves may be the most dangerous thing in the world because we live our truth whether we are honest about it or not.

When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Money must exist before it can be turned into capital.

Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.

There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.

Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated.

I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the same.

Do what is important, not what is urgent.