“Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.”

Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn’t lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.

If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.

The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith – which He has given – and then push it open and walk through.

Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy

Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!

The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.

No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.

[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

We really shouldn’t look like a church.’ I’ve heard that so much I want to vomit. ‘Why?’ I ask. ‘Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor’s office to look like a doctor’s office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?’

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

Breathing is so important with physical activity, then how much more important is it with psychological activity?

I like to let things breathe.

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.

There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.

Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.

When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.