The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

God my Creator said, 'Go and make disciples.' So I don't want to sit and make excuses.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

God has given you this good stuff so that you can show the world a person who enjoys blessings, but who is still totally obsessed with God.

[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that.

I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.