In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

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

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.

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.

My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.

Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.