When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

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.

..holding a book but reading the empty spaces.

Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched her fall.

I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box.

Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.

The power of a positive self-image plays a vital role in experiencing perfect health.

In order to lead people, you have to get to know them.

Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.

SLVR, as a 'sexier' looking device, will do better for Motorola than the ROKR.

What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.