Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

All this beauty exists so you and I can see His glory, His artwork. It's like an invitation to worship Him, to know Him.

Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.

Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I was into habit.

It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.