Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.

God's idea of guarding his heart is to guard himself against diminishing love. He guards his love. Now if that doesn't become revolutionary I am not saying it right.

When the stakes are high, bow down low.

We will never be more ourselves, with the fullness of our personality and the uniqueness of our gifting, than when we just wholly give ourselves over to our very faithful, faithful God.

I don't just commit sin. Apart from God, I am sinful. My problem is not just what I do; it's who I am without His nature.

Never will He hold your hand more tightly than when He is leading you through the dark.

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do - it's part of who we are.