“We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.”

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’

True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

To become truly free, you must surrender.

The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.

For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.

You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity

For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.

Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.