True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

You have a "turn" every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to worship because without it I can forget his calling and begin to live in a spirit of self-preoccupation. I need to worship because without it I lose a sense of wonder and gratitude and plod through life with blinders on. I need worship because my natural tendency is toward self-reliance and stubborn independence.

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