“God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.”

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets

Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

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

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.

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.

As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion… Although just as in hostage negotiations, it’s probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.

I’m a juvenile product of the working class, who’s best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.

Marriage functions best when both partners remain somewhat unmarried.

Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

We live in the best of all possible worlds.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.