When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin ... Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.