Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.

One of the great misconceptions about spiritual growth that develops in a lot of churches is that information alone is adequate to produce transformed human beings. So if we want to have a church of spiritually mature people, let's just keep cramming more and more information into them... Information alone is not adequate for the transformation of the human personality.

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.