A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend.