“If you devote yourself to more than yourself … you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.”

Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn’t make ignorance a virtue.

Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: ‘There is no God’ or ‘There is no money’?

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior.

We’re so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.

You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don’t run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.

My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God’s ability to free you from the past.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what’s right and the courage to do what’s right-even when it’s hard.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?”

No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last advances towards precision require a greater devotion of time, labour, and expense, than those which precede them.

I would steal the sun, if that is what it took to bring the light back into your eyes.

Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future.

In my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred.