“We all remember things, it’s what we remember that determines how we live.”

Our identity sets the tone for all we do and become. Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others. They don’t work to fit into other people’s expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father. says they are.

I cannot afford to have one thought in my mind that is not in His

The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

The journey makes things valuable not the title. Learn to enjoy and value the process of what God is doing.

A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.

The kingdom of God must never be reduced to talk, ideas and principles. The kingdom of God is power

Much of today’s church relies more on a book the early church didn’t have, than the Holy Spirit they did.

Our mandate is simple: raise up a generation that can openly display the raw power of God

Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.

We did a 40 day fast. I bought 29 cookbooks. I don’t cook, but the pictures! I bought a deep-fryer and we don’t eat deep-fried food!

Living in regret will become your biggest regret.

Bible study without Bible experience is pointless.

The Bible was meant to be read by those in love. It’s sad when it’s not.

My responsibility is to obey, to surrender my heart and to yield myself to the will of God. It is in the process of obedience that we gain understanding.

Who I am in Christ is amazing. Who Christ is in me is the real story. It is beyond amazing.

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

My own laugh is the real thing and I’ve had it all my life.

Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.

It’s all about knowing the balance, because I like to remain somewhat of a mystery. You need to have that, you know what I mean?

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

Any writer of any worth at all hopes to play only a pocket-torch of light – and rarely, through genius, a sudden flambeau – into the bloody yet beautiful labyrinth of human experience, of being.

We just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grownups would do.

Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.

Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past.