“We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.”

The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

Are we in love with God or just His stuff?

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.

God’s presence is all that matters.

Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.

Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.

Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.

I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.

Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.

God doesn’t want religious duty. He doesn’t want a distracted, half-hearted, ‘Fine, I’ll read a chapter, now are You happy?’ attitude. God wants His word to be a delight to us, so much that we meditate on it day and night.

We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.

Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.

Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

I don’t have a lot of discipline.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ”in spirit and in truth.” Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.

Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.

Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.