It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person's life.

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

If only Jesus' followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.

Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God

Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy or the life or the freedom of heart I've described until we surrender our lives to Jesus and surrender them totally... We turn, and give ourselves body, soul, and spirit back to God, asking him to cleanse our hearts and make them new. And he does. He gives us a new heart. And he comes to dwell there, in our hearts.

If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.

I'm married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.