I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Brother and Sister So & So are not your standard; Jesus is.

I think that one of the things that Christianity really needs, and the church really needs, is credibility. People need to be able to trust us and they need to believe we really want to help them and that it's not just, I'm-doing-this-for-me type thing.

Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.