You are a totally loved moral failure.

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.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.

The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.

Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

We conquer, not in any brilliant fashion-we conquer by continuing.

The biblical method of change begins in the heart of man with the Gospel. It transforms the mind of man and gradually works its way out. And it builds a nation from the bottom up.

I like everything, jazz and classical, and all over the spectrum.

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.