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

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.

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.

Chronic dissatisfaction is how you sense that you are living a lie.

Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.

I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.

I can’t find words to express my happiness. Here there is no longer anything but God. He is All; He suffices and we live by Him alone.

He who lives in eternity dwells in the heart of the humble and in the soul of the penitent!

We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing to consummation the primary impulse of our heart.

I respect all religions, but I’m not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn’t brought up in a religious way, but I believe there’s something out there that looks after you.

Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.