The first century money changers were in the temple, but they didn't have the spirit of the temple... They were out of sync with the whole purpose of the Lord's house. "The atmosphere of my Father's house," Jesus seemed to say, "is to be prayer. The aroma around my Father must be that of people opening their hearts in worship and supplication. This is not a place to make a buck. This is a house for calling on the Lord.

Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.

Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.

I have discovered an astonishing truth. God is attracted to weaknesses.

God is more powerful than anybody's past, no matter how wretched. He can make us forget - not by erasing the memory but by taking the sting and paralyzing effect out of it

I despair at the thought that my life might slip by without God showing Himself mighty in my life.

God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people he loves under anointing power of the Holy Spirit to produce results that only he can bring about.