If you want a testimony, you are going to have a test.

God's unconditional love is a very difficult concept for people to accept because, in the world, there's always payment for everything we receive. It's just how things work here. But God is not like people!

Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us.

I had received Christ as my savior when I was a child, but I didn't know anything. I didn't have any knowledge. I didn't go to church. And I had a lot of problems, and I needed somebody to kind of help me along. And I think sometimes even people who want to serve God, if they have got so many problems that they don't think right and they don't act right and they don't behave right, they almost need somebody to take them by the hand and help lead them through the early years. And that's really what discipleship is. It's helping people.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

The more we keep our mind on ourselves and our wants, the more unhappy we become. God wants us to love others and meet their needs.

The source of our stress isn't really difficulties, circumstances and situations-it's our attitude and approach toward them.