“God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.”

We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.

I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.

Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.

Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.

Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.

Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.

Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.

Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.

God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.

He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.

A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.

With complete consecration comes perfect peace.

Think how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that’s yet to be discovered. Here’s hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time.

I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.

A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this is how I want to present myself.

I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.

Don’t think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many-on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you!

We don’t have all the answers … as we get older, our bodies need repair.

She is scared to love again, because people change their minds. She is scared to love again, because people leave with no answers, and she is sick of thinking it’s because of her.

My short answer would be that there is no greatest jazz musician of the century. Jazz, like any valid art form, finds its greatness in its expression of the human spirit, and, to me, this can’t be reduced to a contest.