Intimacy with God is that I can come in with the honesty of my heart, tell Him how much I'm hurting.

Christ sets us free by the power of His Spirit; then He maintains our freedom as we learn to live from day to day in the power of that Spirit.

If we wait for the needy to walk through our church doors, we may wait a long time. God doesn't wait for people to come to Him. He goes to them.

You cannot keep doing the same thing, the same way, and keep expecting something different to happen.

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

I have picked up on the terminology of Brother Lawrence, who called praying unceasingly practicing God's presence. In fact, practicing God's presence has been my number one goal for the last year

Sometimes you have to shove all the surface stuff to the side in order to see whats underneath.