There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship.

Great waves, and blaze with fire like them.In beauty, but do not condemn,The seamen who embark and fail,But only those who will not sail.

The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That's what God did. At the loss of His Son's life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift - the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.

I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.

The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.

You never outgrow your need to preach to yourself the gospel.