Your commitment to Jesus is a beautiful thing, but it will eventually dwindle down, unless you fully understand His commitment to you.

Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ‪

Most people like it when the pastor says, "family is priority." What they don't like very much is when the pastor actually chooses his own family as the priority over them.

Going to church is a beautiful act of humility. You are saying to the world, "I need God and His family.

Our weakness is an invitation to discover God's strength.

Even if you feel wronged, respond right.

When you judge others you reveal your inability to see them through God's eyes.

It's not the amount of Bible you read, it's the amount of Bible you believe.

Jesus is more interested in your heart than your ministry.

Jesus did not die just to save you from hell. He paid the price to give you all of heaven.

Don't let hard lessons harden your heart.

Give life a purpose to pursue.

Sense howEven the smooth stones acheWith stories of their ownIn the shuddering light of day.

Those who seek happiness miss it and those who discuss it lack it.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

Sometimes I look back and think, 'Good. I'd love to go in and bang out a good episode of 'Talk Soup' today.'

I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I cant compare hearing aids to normal hearing.

And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

The opposite of love is fear, not hate.

The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.