“We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.”

I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.

The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.

The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.

Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.

In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.

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

Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.

True faith manifests itself through our actions.

Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

You cannot live without doing something.

Despite knowing they won’t be here for long they still choose to live their brightest lives- sunflowers.

Words save our lives, sometimes.

And here you are living despite it all.

If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Perhaps my children will live in stone houses and walled towns -Not I.

Sometimes I live in fear. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy.

I’d like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.