God repeatedly uses the least-likely and least-prepared individuals (ourselves included) to make the deepest impact on our world.

Our deeds will not cause God to love us more; our sins will not cause God to love us less.

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.

God saves us because He loves us. It has nothing to do with our goodness or nobility, our achievements or agility. Our salvation depends completely upon our Savior.

The solution to our human frailty is not to try harder, but to turn Godward.

Let us not see today's troubles as a reason to give up; let us see them as an opportunity for God to deliver.

God has done more than I could ask or even imagine on more occasions than I could ever recount. His ways are higher than my ways. My ideas simply cannot compete with his.