“God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.”

Meet your fears with faith.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

As we meditate on Christ’s life, we find strength for our own.

I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.

Nails didn’t hold God to a cross. Love did.

Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.

Don’t worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It’s not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.

When I turn my mind’s eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things…

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.

I want those forehead to forehead moments with eyes closed deeply. So deeply that the world disappears and every scent of you leaves an imprint on my mind.

In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.

“I just like being with you.” And just like that my heart collapsed under the weight of his eyes on me.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

When all has failed and you have given up, And not a glint left in your eye. Pick yourself up and start again, Say to yourself: “life is short and one day I’m going to die”

Be with someone who loves you with eyes closed. No surface distractions.