The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.

No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.

If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.