If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.

God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them without neat and tidy happy endings quite yet, if ever there was a group where everyone was loved and no one pretended - we could not make enough room inside the building.

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.