While we were at rest, Christ was in rescue mode. While we were doing nothing, He was doing EVERYTHING. He was down in the depths of the earth fighting for our freedom.

Worry and worship cannot exist in the same space. One always displaces the other. Choose worship.

God is always seeking you. Every sunset. Every clear blue sky. Each ocean wave. The starry hosts of night. He blankets each new day with the invitation, ‘I am here.’

God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it's the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.

If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.

God calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours.

Accept the fact that you're never gonna be someone else and embrace the fact that the world needs you as God made you to be.

Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.

The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.

Acceptance makes an incredible fertile soil for the seeds of change.

Words are cheap but they gain greater worth when they first minister to the speaker of the same.

Those who spell Magic with a K aren't.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

Consume all obstacles, heavenly fire, and give us now both hearts of flame and tongues of fire to preach Your reconciling word, for Jesus' sake

The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.

We've become a culture where earning money doesn't entitle you to it, but wanting it does. That is the essence of redistribution.

It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.