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.

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.

God is still in the business of coming down to earth: to this cubicle, this email, this room, this house, this job, this hospital room, this car, this bed, this vacation. Any place can become Bethel, the house of God. Cleveland, maybe. Or the chair you're sitting in as you read these words.

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

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.

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.